Possible Clues:

• Attempted to be heard in court
• One did one's best in a courtly way, it seems
• Proven
• Checked the fit of a Nehru jacket (with ''on'')
• Tired out and annoyed
• Went all out
• Bound to have had run-through: to have practised
• Took one's best shot
• Experienced, when the rain lashed outside
• Heard Edward in a state? On the contrary