Example sentences of "[pers pn] was trying to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere I had read that a gentleman is one who never causes pain ; perhaps I was trying to be a gentleman . |
| 2 | Dad was still convinced I was trying to be something — a lawyer , I 'd told him recently , because even he knew that that doctor stuff was a wind-up . |
| 3 | ‘ I was trying to be polite . |
| 4 | I was trying to be cool , but the statues were not funny to me . |
| 5 | Erm so on that one that 's , that 's you did n't use any slang , the belief in the way you asked I think that came out , I was trying to be a prospective client rather than be the trainer cos I could see that Mike was uncomfortable and I was trying to , well okay , how , how would I well I think yeah there was a belief that you had there , I think he was er reasonably attentive , Mike , to your response ? |
| 6 | I put it on the arm on the chair , I was trying to be clever and I sat down and it had like material there and I caught the material and I just sort , all fell down here , it 's a lovely smell . |
| 7 | Either she was a Madonna and people did n't give her credit for being one , or else she was trying to be one and people were trying to stop her or possibly she was being forced to be one against her better judgement . |
| 8 | She was trying to be friendly , to show me that she , too , could be human and silly . |
| 9 | Fenella was thinking it , but she was trying to be sensible and practical . |
| 10 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |
| 11 | He was staring at the floor , keeping very still as if he was trying to be part of the wall . |
| 12 | He was trying to be jolly again . |
| 13 | He was trying to be friendly , that 's all . |
| 14 | Even when he was trying to be a criminal , the low moral fibre shone through . |
| 15 | If I did n't know better I 'd think he was trying to be as diplomatic possible in order to keep himself in line for the England job . |
| 16 | But if he was trying to be a political playwright then should n't he clarify what he . |
| 17 | Perhaps he was trying to be hospitable — not an easy task for him when she was the guest ! |
| 18 | Detective Sergeant Peter Van Schaick , who led the police investigation , said : ‘ He was trying to be the man about town . |
| 19 | I would n't put it past Nigel for showing off he did show off and he was trying to , he was trying to be really cool . |
| 20 | was that the one where hang on let me think what it was , there 's some , there 's a it was , at Oxford College were n't it and one of them was trying to be a like high up in the church or something |