I don't know what the idea is, your trying to lie to me like this.

His crime: to run a television service which tried not to lie.

So I tried to lie my way out of it.

He was in effect trying to lie, and could not.

I tried to lie down, but there was no way to hold still.

She would know if he tried to lie to her.

"Then why did you try to lie to me at first?"

He tried to lie, but the pain wouldn't allow it.

Why try to lie, when the truth would not be believed?

There would be no point in trying to lie to this man directly.