Sentence examples for tried to retrieve a from inspiring English sources

At the weekend, KPMG tried to retrieve a report on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, claiming that the Thanksgiving holiday would reduce coverage in America.

A man was found dead near Kendal after he tried to retrieve a barrel from a stream to prevent flooding further downstream.

For years, his family had tried to retrieve a small patch of land, about 170 square yards, that had been occupied by middle-caste villagers called Gujjars.

A child fell into one at Lord & Taylor's when she tried to retrieve a lolly-pop she had dropped down the well.

PAGE E5 Mountain Rescue Goes Awry A military helicopter crashed, injuring at least three crew members, as it tried to retrieve a group of climbers trapped on Oregon's Mount Hood.

He fell to the ground as he tried to retrieve a wayward pass from Florent Malouda, leaving Van Persie to show his nerve by rounding Cech to score.

Even the movie's signature gross-out bit, in which a young man desperately tries to retrieve a whirring vibrator from an unflushed toilet, is bungled.

"If you were to try to retrieve a word as a whole -- without going through parts -- you would not be practicing with letters and strokes," Professor Caramazza said.

A depiction of one "ordeal," a judicial practice used to determine guilt or innocence, has an accused man, clad in burlap, immersing his hand in a vat of boiling water and screaming as he tries to retrieve a pebble.

The atmosphere was so unsettled that the authorities evacuated a terminal at La Guardia in the early afternoon after a Saudi pilot trying to retrieve a bag he left there on Tuesday got into an argument with a worker.

She is a white pigeon named Baby One, and lest anyone think it futile to try to retrieve a wayward bird, be it noted that in the last two weeks, neighbors have called daily to report sightings.