Example sentences of "just try to be " in BNC.

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1 just to try to be a so try to become a society , and then make , make it clear
2 ‘ But I just tried to be patient , and one day everything just started to be okay again .
3 The first piece of advice that 's necessary is that you should n't just try to be fashionable by choosing juicy speeches that catch your eye without knowing the whole play and having a working idea of how to perform the speech .
4 ‘ Like Grete , I just try to be the same person .
5 ‘ I thought ‘ You must be very calm , you must not antagonise your aggressor , just try to be calm and keep sensible , and always think what you are saying before you say it ’ , ’ said Lizzie , of Oxford , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister .
6 ‘ When I 'm with Tommy I just try to be like him , ’ Iain had told the police .
7 ‘ You 're just trying to be clever , and that 's not too clever in itself , you know . ’
8 ‘ Well , I always thought I was just trying to be abstract , in some form or fashion , just trying to get something different .
9 That was when I was about fourteen and then I went through a stage of listening to Al Di Meola , people like that , just trying to be a better guitarist .
10 She is usually just trying to be friendly and helpful and supportive when the love crazed imbecile is trying to explain that his wife does n't understand him … ( yawn ) .
11 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 .
12 He said : ‘ I was just trying to be hard or something .
13 I was just trying to be funny , like Ben .
14 ‘ John , you 're just trying to be shocking , ’ said Jannie .
15 Not vanity ; just trying to be helpful .
16 She was just trying to be awkward .
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