Example sentences of "be just try to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When women complain about men calling them by endearment terms , it is often thought rather silly — the men are just trying to be friendly , after all , they do not intend any sexist slur . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're just trying to be clever , and that 's not too clever in itself , you know . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ John , you 're just trying to be shocking , ’ said Jannie . |
| 4 | I 'm just trying to ’ |
| 5 | Well I 'm not arguing for the exclusion of eleven , I 'm just trying to er give a balanced interpretation as to how it should be assessed . |
| 6 | I 'm just trying to cos he offered me a drink and I said no . |
| 7 | We all know he still fancies her he 's just trying to , you know keep it he 's just trying to forget it and try and act as normal as possible with her and hopefully things will get back to be back to what , what they were . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I always thought I was just trying to be abstract , in some form or fashion , just trying to get something different . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ I was just trying to be hard or something . |
| 10 | I was just trying to be funny , like Ben . |
| 11 | She was just trying to be awkward . |