Example sentences of "was try to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a surrealist episode involved a gnarled coach , an attractive young woman who was trying to be a hooker ( rugby variety ) and a small boy who wanted to be a scrum-half . |
| 2 | Joe was trying to be bright and cheerful , but there was a deep undercurrent of sadness , and later , when he had gone back to his office , Dana said : ‘ I think he 's terribly lonely . ’ |
| 3 | He sounded like a man who was trying to be brave after his marriage had just fallen apart . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |
| 6 | Somewhere I had read that a gentleman is one who never causes pain ; perhaps I was trying to be a gentleman . |
| 7 | The young man in the Fisherman 's Cooperative office was trying to be helpful . |
| 8 | The photographer had obviously been studying portraits of Betty Grable and other film stars and was trying to be very artistic , with much back lighting and fluffing out of hair , and I must admit that my hair ( touching my shoulders , naturally ) , did look nice . |
| 9 | He was staring at the floor , keeping very still as if he was trying to be part of the wall . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I was trying to be polite . |
| 12 | I felt Niki was trying to be as much an elder statesman as a driver and though to say he was perfunctory in his driving would be an exaggeration , it was clear that he was looking to the future , and the development of the new engine , rather than to the present . |
| 13 | He was trying to be jolly again . |
| 14 | She was trying to be friendly , to show me that she , too , could be human and silly . |
| 15 | He was trying to be friendly , that 's all . |
| 16 | A great man in those days who was trying to be encouraging told me I had a terrific eye for English weather . |
| 17 | I was trying to be cool , but the statues were not funny to me . |
| 18 | ‘ I think you 'll have to , ’ said Fenella , who found the idea completely appalling , but who was trying to be practical and sensible and make it sound safe for them to go so that they could get Nuadu . |
| 19 | Fenella was thinking it , but she was trying to be sensible and practical . |
| 20 | Fenella was trying to be very patient , because it was not in the least unreasonable of Caspar to want to go on and leave the Dark Workshops as far behind them as possible . |
| 21 | Even when he was trying to be a criminal , the low moral fibre shone through . |
| 22 | Last week , the hon. Gentleman was trying to be a lawyer and attempting to make me read out on the floor of the House a document that he wanted me to table . |
| 23 | He knew the Doctor was trying to be helpful , but it was all too unbelievable . |
| 24 | I do n't think Kenneth was trying to be outrageous at all . |
| 25 | Mini Jakobsen ( MSV Duisburg/ Germany ) came in as a substite and had 4 ( 4 ) great chances ( 3 times alone with the polish goalie ) and tech-boy Bohinen ( who put us 2–0 up against England at home ) was trying to be too clever when twice lobbing over the polish keeper . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It appeared that Lord Coleworthy had heard all about the trouble from Fairfax and was trying to be a peacemaker . |
| 28 | But if he was trying to be a political playwright then should n't he clarify what he . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | Perhaps he was trying to be hospitable — not an easy task for him when she was the guest ! |