Sentence examples for attempts before from inspiring English sources

Mr. Essawi had escaped many assassination attempts before.

It took seven attempts before he won his first race.

Brodeur stopped the Islanders' first five shootout attempts before Moulson beat him just under the crossbar.

President Jonathan's registration was delayed after some failed attempts before being registered manually.

Most smokers need several attempts before they can become permanent ex-smokers.

Rodriguez is an excellent base runner, stealing 16 bases in 17 attempts before Sunday.

It took three attempts before testing showed that no anthrax spores remained in the building.

It took three attempts before technical experts could see the centrifuges in action.

Earlier rescue attempts, before the waters subsided, involved firefighters and the army.

"Go away!" It took me four more attempts before they finally came out.

There have been several attempts before that to change the law.