Example sentences of "that i [be] trying to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point that I am trying to make is that the experience that they are gaining , by working and living with their people , day in and day out , will give them a depth of understanding which , sadly , no amount of university training would give . |
| 2 | That is precisely the point that I am trying to make . |
| 3 | Well you 'll see that in that apology Milton appears to be conscious of the very point that I am trying to make , that is to say it might be considered out of place in this prose work to speak of myself in direct factual terms , although a poet — a poet intending to write of things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme — a poet soaring in the high region of his fancies , with his garland and singing robes about him , in other words where we ca n't or are n't really invited to make out his individual identity very clearly because it is his role as poet that concerns us , there he clearly feels it would be proper . |
| 4 | Bearing the above statement in mind , take my tutor group as a fairly typical example of the point that I 'm trying to make . |
| 5 | The point that I 'm trying to make is that Johnson made it plain , yes , that greed makes you gullible , lust makes you gullible , er er , you will be conned , but nobody gets punished . |
| 6 | That was the point that I was trying to make . |