Sentence examples for he only tried from inspiring English sources

The coach has said he only tried to assist Bowles.

This time, he only tried to meet it.

For his part, Mr. Harrington said he only tried to crack down on the drug-dealing, loan-sharking and prostitution.

Then Leslie Carter, a young lawyer who idolizes Clyde, meets him and persuades him that he could indeed produce his "Madame Bovary" if he only tried hard enough.

He maintained he only tried to help the Moroccan national when she was later arrested for an alleged theft because he thought she was a niece of the then Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

Tweeker said he only tried Amped once.

I think he only tries not to judge, partly because he is aware that it is mostly very poor people who go to prison, and he knows better than to succumb to ideology about personal responsibility and "bad choices".

It is amazing how normal a person can look if he only tries.

Most of the time when I tell Jay to go play by himself, he only tries harder to get my attention.

Mr. Berlusconi seemed unrepentant on Tuesday when he said that he had only tried to help Ms. El Mahroug.

He had not stolen; he had only tried to clean up a mess without damaging the reputation of generations of Olympus executives.