He was making a desperate bid to get control of the company.

His present plan, though boldly put, was actually a desperate bid for freedom.

It was a race against time, a desperate bid for survival.

He is believed to have made these transfers in a desperate bid to prop up his private companies.

At length he burst free in what looked like a desperate bid for escape.

They meet again today in a desperate bid to sort out who gets what of next year's £244.5 billion spending cake.

She was making a desperate bid for his attention and she had it.

All the other stuff, that was just a desperate bid not to be my father.

She didn't even know why Brittany had made this desperate bid for her father's attention.

Even though he could barely stand, John made one last desperate bid for survival.