The phrase "attempt something with" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort to do something in conjunction with another person, object, or method.
Example: "I will attempt the project with my team to ensure we meet the deadline."
Alternatives: "try something alongside" or "make an effort with".
(They broke through the barrier. For five minutes. Were the guys with the food there to rush it through? Couldn't the bad guys regroup pretty quickly?) Franco deserves points for attempting something with idealism.
Trust the Pink Floyd mainstay to attempt something ambitious with his shot at one-night-only event cinema.
I'm enormously grateful to have work with musicians/artists over the years who believe in allowing for the proper amount of time and care needed to attempt something sublime and transcendent with their videos.
It made us attempt something together.
Recently, Raoul Ruiz scored a bullseye with his exquisitely observed period adaptation of Proust's Time Regained - now Chantal Akerman attempts something dissimilar with the La Prisonnière volume, updated to contemporary Paris with a strange kind of frigid languor, heavily furnished with a slightly ponderous score, using Rachmaninov, Schubert, and Mozart.
Where The Internship happily sold its soul to a megacorp like Google, The Dilemma attempts something similar with Chrysler.
"Slave" is being made into a film.Mr Lewis, a British journalist and film-maker, is now attempting something similar with "Tears of the Desert".
Similarly, those who admire Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle for dismantling the concept of standup should admit that O'Carroll is attempting something similar with the sitcom.
There are strong rumours that Microsoft will be attempting something similar with a free version of Microsoft Office 2010, to "draw pirate customers into the revenue stream", as one Microsoft spokesman has put it.
That was the exception to the rule, however – City's other attempts came from an individual attempting something spectacular, with substitute Wilfried Bony hitting the bar from an excellent volley.
