Sentence examples for trying to retrieve a from inspiring English sources

The body of what is thought to be an elderly man was found near Kendal after he had trying to retrieve a barrel from the water to prevent flooding further downstream.

The rescuers were not searching for someone stranded, but rather trying to retrieve a roster of residents from the association's offices so it could start learning who planned to move back.

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.

1.12pm BST 26 min: Crystal Palace get the ball out of their own half after Dikgacoi clatters into the back of Evra, who was trying to retrieve a loose pass from Rio Ferdinand.

ITV Border said that the man, who died near Kendal, had been trying to retrieve a barrel from the water to prevent flooding further downstream in the village, where 1,376 properties were flooded.

(AP) — A Hofstra University student trying to retrieve a stolen cellphone was lured into a men's room in a campus dormitory and sexually assaulted by five men, the Nassau County police said on Tuesday.

But the tale offered a useful lesson for any subway rider who may find him or herself trying to retrieve an item seemingly lost to the subterranean maw.

A man trying to retrieve an item from a disabled vehicle, which had been damaged in a collision with a state police car, was killed on Saturday night after a third car smashed into the vehicle, the state police said.

Seattle 1-0 Portland 4.50am BST 78 mins Portland move the ball around a little, trying to feel their way back into the game, but Valeri fouls when trying to retrieve an overrun ball and Seattle regain possession.

"Of course I remember," I said encouragingly, and even found myself trying to retrieve an actual memory, before I remembered that there were no actual memories, because we had only just met.

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