I asked to try to get the conversation back on my lines.
They cannot do so and should not be asked to try.
"But no one ever asked me to try and save a life before."
At that time, they asked us to try and do two things.
You asked me to try to make sense out of it.
But I ask you to try and set an example, at least, for your men.
I was asked to try to get the information and did attempt to do so.
She did, though, ask her to try and keep the others away for a while.
He could have asked me to try to save it.
One possibility is that they would not be asked to try.