Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adv] best " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not helped his cause when he ‘ trotted blithely down the steps to greet eager reporters with the news ‘ Its all off boys ’ ’ and added , to cries of ‘ Jimmy 's selling you ’ the ripost that ‘ I 've tried boys , I 've done my very best . |
| 2 | Especially when Charity and her mother had done their very best to help with a problem that need not have concerned them at all . |
| 3 | " … were all hoping that this would not be a continuing situation , Steve , " Mr Smith said , droning nasally from behind the chip-board desk in his low-ceilinged office on the depot 's first floor , " and that you would be able to consolidate your position here by forming a positive working relationship with the remainder of the road gang , who , in all fairness , I 'm sure you 'd be the first to agree , have done their very best to well … " |
| 4 | He had groomed himself as best as he could for the interview . |
| 5 | He had tried his very best to grow . |