Example sentences of "he [is] [adv] try " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Obviously he is just trying to wind people up , but I think I 'm too long in the tooth to take any notice of anything he says . |
| 2 | He is also trying to finish a commerce degree at university , but the remarkable series of events which has seen South Africa catapulted into the cricketing limelight means that studies might have to take a back seat for at least 1992 . |
| 3 | He is also trying to establish if there is some common genetic factor between women who develop the illness after having a baby . |
| 4 | He is also trying to find a manufacturer for a porcelain razor he designed for an exhibition in New York . |
| 5 | This shows that George is not only trying to protect Lennie , he is also trying to teach him to stand on his own feet , and learn things , although he knows Lennie will never really improve . |
| 6 | ‘ I must admit it does sound as if your father is enjoying a new lease of life and possibly he is even trying to recapture his youth . |
| 7 | ‘ In this way , he is clearly trying to dominate his wife in what is known in men as gorilla-like behaviour . ’ |
| 8 | You see , he 's not just asking them a question for the sake of it , he is actually trying to teach these , these blind folks , er er , these , these blind men , er er er some spiritual truth . |
| 9 | He is now trying to pull down the house about the ears of Winchester 's Tories . |
| 10 | So says theatrical director Sam Wanamaker of Shakespeare 's Globe Theatre , which he is now trying to reconstruct on the south side of the Thames in London . |
| 11 | The singing damsel , like the earth is a creator , superior to Coleridge because he is merely trying to recreate rather than create . |
| 12 | If Alger Hiss could betray his country for the sake of Communism — and he is still trying to establish his innocence — where else among the highest in the land might treason be found ? |
| 13 | He is still trying to arrange a concert for it in London . ’ |
| 14 | Phil is an ardent Stoke City supporter and season ticket holder and colleagues joked me may need to ‘ get away from it all ’ as he is still trying to shrug off his team 's F.A . |
| 15 | He is still trying to sail the same course but the boat is just sliding sideways across the water . |
| 16 | He is still trying to shrug off a throat and chest virus , but seems certain to start the game with Wednesday , 3-1 down from the first leg , struggling for striking cover . |
| 17 | A subject may take up the hypnotic suggestion that he is unable to bend his arm : ‘ He is actively , deliberately , voluntarily keeping his elbow stiff while simultaneously orchestrating for himself the illusion that he is really trying his best to bend it . ’ |
| 18 | As Wilfred Owen moves into the second stanza he takes on the bigger issue of what he is really trying to say . |
| 19 | During our interview , he is constantly trying to show her how lovable he is . |
| 20 | He 's also tried to change himself I think and that I mean |
| 21 | He 's even tried to take Concert Connections to court to get his money back . |
| 22 | See I do n't know if it 's just part real or if he 's just trying to frighten me . |
| 23 | ‘ He 's just trying to provoke you into giving an indiscreet answer that he can misquote … ’ |
| 24 | He 's just trying to get it in . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He 's just trying to take the grease out of his fingers . |
| 28 | mother , he 's just trying to piss you off . |
| 29 | ‘ You wo n't get 10 out of 10 , ’ says Zelda West Meads spokesperson for Relate , ‘ and if you do , be suspicious — he 's probably trying to please you . ’ |
| 30 | He 's already tried to have me arrested once — that 's how we met , believe it or not . ’ |