Sentence examples for he once attempted from inspiring English sources

Gordon Brown revealed in his tribute to Kennedy that he once attempted to get him to defect to the Labour party.

In a brief period of marital trouble, he once attempted to beat her, but after she hit him back, it never happened again.

And Simonds was an old China hand: the scion of an Arizona water-rights fortune, he once attempted to take over the Chinese water industry.

The comedian said that he once attempted to join the Church of Scientology via his Rock of Ages co-star Tom Cruise, but was rejected because he didn't think Brand was serious enough.

The father of the JPMorgan hire was not especially knowledgeable about science, but he once attempted to gain membership in an élite academic society by having two professors write a book in his name.

The son of conservative talk show host Michael Savage, it's no wonder Weiner's looking to leave the 305: he once attempted to run for office in California supporting a ballot initiative that would eliminate bilingual education in public schools.

Though Ghislaine denies this, she acknowledges that she once attempted suicide and her son had to rush to find assistance.

The National Front was active in Burley, where she grew up, and in her 2001 autobiography she said she once attempted to overdose on pills after being racially abused.

She fails to tell Alex for a long time that she once attempted to bring her son, also a soldier, back from the dead.

"Although Saul Katz was well aware of the risks associated with" Madoff's operation, the suit says, "he never once attempted to confirm through any third party that Madoff actually traded the securities identified on his or other Sterling-related monthly account statements".

Mr Hussein himself recently visited a village in the north, where he let off a gun and then regaled the crowd with the story of how he himself once attempted to assassinate a previous president of Iraq.