Sentence examples for not for trying from inspiring English sources

"I give them a little credit more than not for trying this out".

He said: "If I were in your position I'd be saying what is the British embassy for if it is not for trying to get RBS off this fine".

"I would like us to have the courage to be able to face our past squarely," she said, "but making it quite clear that I personally am not for trying anybody or punishing them or seeking revenge or taking the kind of action that will destroy people for what they have done in the past".

Perriello is a true member of the Obama generation, but he sharply criticized the Administration, not for trying to do too much, but for being too cautious and too close to Wall Street: We should have gone in and done the kind of stimulus that would actually turn the economy around.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he "can't find a single member who is not for trying to improve America's health-care system".

Of course, as Politico's Ben Smith notes, Blago is acting as though he is "being impeached for fighting for citizens' right to cheap prescription drugs" -- not for trying to sell the vacant Illinois senate seat now occupied by Roland Burris and shaking down state contractors for campaign contributions.

And that means lawyers can't win for trying with "certiorari".

You can't fault him for trying.

Don't punish people for trying something new.

Well, you can't blame him for trying.

You can't blame SunTrust for trying.