There was no point in his trying to get away.

So there's no point in your trying to go around me.

There was no point in my trying to find them, now.

"We make a point to try to talk to everybody during the day," he said.

But there was no point trying to work it out.

There seemed no point trying to explain the politics involved.

"Is there any point in trying to start a garden here?"

It doesn't do any good to say you're sorry, and there's no point trying to reason with them.

There was no point trying to get him off the boat now.

Alex knew there was no point trying to reason with him.