Sentence examples for that meant trying from inspiring English sources

For Mr. Elbaz, that meant trying to discredit Yvelisse DeLeon, the main witness against the detective.

Only three realised Mr Cameron wanted to improve British-Indian ties, and one assumed that meant "trying to sell us jet fighters".Senior Tories acknowledge the problem.

For the 23-year-old Mike Pelfrey, given a daunting assignment of trying to stop this free fall, that meant trying his hardest to block that assignment out.

For Danny, that meant trying to be just another student beginning eighth grade in the bilingual program at Intermediate School 52 in the Bronx.

Some days, she said, that meant trying to get Mehlman's people to "back off a bit"; more often, it meant leaning on some county chairman to get his numbers up.

At the time, that meant trying to be someone who was not me.

That means trying to plan (and pack) for everything that can go wrong.

Really that means trying to stay out of people's way.

That means trying out and evaluating a variety of policy ideas, as well as researching the physical effects of drugs.

That means trying to stabilise the countries from which they come, it also means breaking the link between travelling and getting the right to stay in Europe.

By my yardstick, that means trying not to hurt people's feelings (whether Bubba said something mean about your mother or not).