11.   He said he has tried unsuccessfully for years to get a permanent job at the refinery, a complaint echoed by many Arabs in Haifa.

12.   He said the parents tried for years to get attention from the Health Department.

13.   Its passage in the House represented a major breakthrough for supporters, who had attempted for years just to get a committee hearing on product liability reform laws.

14.   Kandell has been trying for a year to get enough people for his support group.

15.   Mary Peirce says it took her years to get to that point.

16.   New Jersey farmers will be trying for the third year to get a limited liability bill passed in their state.

17.   People who live near the tree said they have tried for years to get the Parks Department to attend to what they called an escalating danger.

18.   Overnight, the crosswalk they had used for years to get from one side of Ocean Avenue to the other vanished.

19.   Rep. Hamilton said he has tried for years to get police deadly-force statistics that include the race of those shot by police.

20.   Roy said she tried for years to get the church to take some action against Colleary but was stonewalled.