He was trying to catch a killer and save some lives.
You would have tried to intervene and save everybody.
They must try to swim across and save the child before it was too late.
Congressional Republicans say they are simply trying to govern and save a program that is badly out of date.
Exploring the question, Is he trying to scrap the system or save it?
Or do we try to struggle through the inning and save our reliever's arm for a game later in the week?
Try to pull out of Pittsburgh and save what he could?
What if a police officer is trying to locate and save the life of a buried hostage?
A young man in the army, trying to be a hero and save people from their own idiocy.
"I thought you've got to try to weather the storm and save as many as you can."