I'd had a pretty clear idea from a very early age what he was trying to leave behind.

I am trying to leave this line open for my daughter.

For most of the next 36 years, his family says, he tried to leave.

I'm going to try to leave tonight to be with her.

Did you ever try to leave someone you've been with for years?

But he couldn't chance trying to leave by the front door.

But people here all seem to know someone who has either left or is trying to leave.

I had to see if you'd really try to leave.

She tried to leave him in 1997 but went back.

At first they tried to leave when she wasn't looking.