Even though this was the first time he'd attempted such a thing he had the doors open in under a minute.

You had no right to attempt a thing like that on your own.

In the States, we couldn't have attempted such a thing!

It seemed staggering now, that they should have thought of attempting such a thing.

If he, or anyone here, were to attempt such a thing now, people would surely die.

He could not help but wonder if anyone had ever attempted such a thing before.

He tried to imagine why Hector would attempt such a thing.

To attempt a thing like that would be quite crazy.

It made perfect sense, though I'd never attempted such a thing.

No extremely fat man has ever attempted such a thing.