1.   Guard dogs foiled his bid to flee through a tunnel.

2.   In the past, any such bid was always foiled by a lengthy absence to injury.

3.   But their bid was foiled by soldiers loyal to the president.

4.   Police foiled a bid Monday to burn down the Roman Catholic church that has been a focal point for sectarian hatreds in Northern Ireland.

5.   He has been on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion since the coup bid was foiled by French military intervention.

6.   Her first bid was foiled by strong winds and the second ended when she had a problem with the handlebars.

7.   Mali authorities have foiled a bid to destabilise the country, arresting a group of uniformed men, Malian television said late Monday, quoting an official statement.

8.   Meanwhile Iran has launched an intense diplomatic drive in the region to foil a bid by the Taliban to dominate Afghanistan.

9.   On another occasion the aides foiled a bid to poison the emperor, the witness said.

10.   The duchess is accompanied by her daughters Beatrice and Eugenie but they have so far foiled desperate bids by photographers to catch the two groups of royals skiing together.