1.   I exercised all the patience I could muster, trying every trick I knew of to get a performance out of Monty.

2.   I tried every trick in the book to reform him.

3.   If he had tried the same trick, she would have insisted on coming up and waiting for Dickie in the apartment.

4.   Kelda, which supplies water to Yorkshire, has already tried this trick.

5.   And, if all else fails, try this trick, the one that gets that pesky plaster film off wood floors.

6.   But with competency has come the urge to push the envelope and try tricks seen only on TV or his Sony Playstation.

7.   Even dependable Fine Gardening, published by Taunton Press in Newtown, Conn, is trying new tricks.

8.   Finally, try this trick used by the Hitchcock Chair Co. in Connecticut on one of its building that had wide boards and big gaps.

9.   He has been called every name in the book, and the consensus is that he has tried every trick in the book.

10.   I tried your trick of pouring Coca-Cola on the black marks, with no success.