1.   Maybe he was just trying to steer the conversation away from Theresa.

2.   The cause of this was somebody trying to spear me with a javelin, but a javelin with a yellow pennant tied to it.

3.   Was there anybody in here who plays a recorder and has some knowledge already of music and would be interested trying for the violin?

4.   Trying to con were you?

5.   And that is what the negotiations have been about, Smith trying to get a large chunk of his paycheck returned to him.

6.   And she bore bruises and lacerations on her head from a struggle with the victim, whose fingernails had been broken trying to ward off his attacker.

7.   As bad as the Dodgers have been this summer, where would they be without Eric Karros, who they were implausibly trying to trade?.

8.   Baseball people believed he was just trying to lead others away from the idea that he had a deal with Davis.

9.   After that game, Molina said he was frustrated trying to work with Sele because Sele throws so many pitches and might use any of them in any count.

10.   Aid workers in the camps are overwhelmed trying to cope with the basic needs of the refugees and there are too few investigators, officials agree.