Sentence examples for tried that before from inspiring English sources

Emily tried that before, disastrously, with her first husband.

Scotch had texted me, "Who would have thought that no one tried that before".

The central bank has tried that before, but it was blocked by the European courts.

He said he had tried that before, when he was using drugs, and it did not work.

"We've tried that before in the [1977] Lib-Lab pact and look where that got us," one senior figure said.

He has tried that before, with Katie Couric in 2007 — again on "60 Minutes" — when he denied having ever used performance-enhancing drugs.

Gee, too bad they didn't try that before we invaded Iraq.

He also has an attractive handicap mark on the Flat, so he could try that before hurdling.

"Didn't we try that once before?" asked South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

I tried that once before and it didn't work.

This summer she announced that she would retire from writing -- although she had tried that once before, and continued publishing books.