"Why doesn't your boss try delivering his messages in person?"

Who are these bosses trying to serve by making such demands?

"I hear the boss has been trying to reach me."

The better the boss, the more he or she will try to test out your capacities.

"The boss is trying to take me down a little bit," he said.

Your boss isn't trying to talk me out of anything.

On the second morning he and his boss tried to get the bird off the road.

She wasn't in the mood to play games this morning, however well meaning her boss was trying to be.

The bosses tried to start rumors, saying a certain immigrant group had gone back to work.

Well, it's a new thing the boss has been trying.