Sentence examples for had begun trying from inspiring English sources

Before the protests began, Brazil's government had begun trying to combat price increases.

(By now, prisoners had begun trying to kill themselves. In 2006, three deaths were declared suicides).

John Keefe, a spokesman for Eurotunnel, said the migrants had begun trying to gain access just before midnight.

They had begun trying to cut him out when the second building collapsed, and they couldn't hear him anymore.

He had been rereading Shakespeare's history plays and had begun trying to contact Melvin Williams in prison.

Even before the two men were taken into custody early Oct. 24, Montgomery County police had begun trying to tie the Sept. 14 liquor store shooting to them.

I've begun trying.

As the debates continue, Malaysians have begun trying to protect themselves.

Private groups have begun trying to assume some of the burden, but the path is bumpy.

The government has begun trying to uproot Mr. bin Laden's following.

With the 2006 elections coming, Democrats have begun trying to use blogs more strategically.