Example sentences of "do [pron] [adv] best " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | And please remember whatever I do and whatever becomes of me , I shall always do my very best to help you . |
| 3 | I shall do my very best for him and , if anything you say is true , getting away to a different atmosphere with other boys will be the answer . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 5 | " But I 'll do my very best , " I added hastily . |
| 6 | I 'll certainly do my very best to look after them . ’ |
| 7 | Especially when Charity and her mother had done their very best to help with a problem that need not have concerned them at all . |
| 8 | " … 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 … " |
| 9 | She insists upon strict discipline throughout the school , and if you take my advice you will do your very best to behave yourselves in her presence . |
| 10 | In my experience teachers want to do their very best for all their children . |
| 11 | Overwhelmed by her publicity , Amaranth finished her breakfast , and set out for the Grand and Harvey , doing her very best to subdue a worm of doubt . |
| 12 | Great practical achievements jostle with the expected financial and administrative problems but throughout it is a story of people doing their very best to improve the health and welfare of animals of all shapes and sizes and in all circumstances . |
| 13 | Fortunately our CAA is doing its very best for all of us , but some of the smaller countries can outvote the UK , France and Germany and we together have more pilots than the rest . |
| 14 | ‘ I know you and your mother will be doing your very best for him . |
| 15 | Certainly so far as we are concerned we would completely recognise your position and we are in fact , since your position is shared by several other experts in their respective fields who have been good enough to assist us in this venture , doing our very best to see that the names of those who are taking part in the policy study groups do not become public property . |
| 16 | We recognise that those who live and work in the vicinity of our plants have the right to know about our activities and we are doing our very best to provide them with the information they require . |
| 17 | Indeed , once a psychic has become established it seems that nothing — not the most detailed confession , not the most damning exposure — can dent the confidence of believers-And , not content with continuing to believe the evidently fraudulent , they do their very best to draw the exposers into the net . |
| 18 | Well you you 're do your very best wo n't you I 'm sure . |
| 19 | As a result one male , the dominant of the two , does his very best to keep the subordinate from mating , while the female does her best to get both males to mate with her . |