Example sentences of "[verb] at [pos pn] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morse had insisted on travelling by what he called the ‘ scenic ’ route — via Cirencester but , alas , the countryside was not appearing at its best : the golden days were gone , and the close-cropped fields where the sheep ever nibbled looked dank and uninviting under a sky-cover of grey cloud . |
| 2 | He very much admired the poetry of Ebenezer Elliott , the Corn Law Rhymer , that is , a poet who helped to lead the opposition to the laws which kept the price of bread artificially high , and said ‘ None of us have done better than he has at his best ’ . |
| 3 | All food needs to be stored and prepared carefully if it is to be enjoyed at its best . |
| 4 | It looks at its best if the stems are kept trimmed , which makes it more compact . |
| 5 | " Everything has to be done as quickly as possible ; the only time we spend extra hours in the garden is over the few weeks we are entering competitions , just to make sure it looks at its best , " says Barbara . |
| 6 | If employees are to work at their best they must : |
| 7 | Elegy ( E2 5c ) : gritstone slab climbing at its best . |
| 8 | She had decided darling Thomas would wish h* to appear at her best and had therefore forsaken dark colours today in favour of her new blue straw hat with the ruched brim , decorated with tasteful purple roses and osprey feathers . |
| 9 | Like those ghastly American mausoleums where the embalmed corpse is presented at its best , dressed and smiling , prior to burial . |
| 10 | There have been very few with the gift of Dante or John Milton , who have written at their best when being most Christian . |
| 11 | A woman with more than five hundred cacti has worked out a solution to the prickly problem of how to keep the plants looking at their best . |
| 12 | Everything was normal and the shift going smoothly until about 3 a.m. when the human body is at its lowest ebb ( according to the medical profession ) and we do n't feel at our best . |
| 13 | It 's your body , ’ she said , amazed at her good humour . |
| 14 | The courtesies to be shown are seen at their best when Aurora dances with her Prince in the last act of The Sleeping Beauty . |
| 15 | Bateman 's fine turn of speed and immaculate crosses were seen at their best in Palace 's drive to promotion from the newly-formed Football League Division Three . |
| 16 | A maze of paths with unique wooden seats and bridges enables the weathered and moss-covered rocks to be seen at their best . |
| 17 | She argues that young children 's cognitive and linguistic abilities can be seen at their best in situations involving intentions , motives , or purposes — situations which make human sense . |
| 18 | It is a movement he has used many times and which is perhaps seen at its best in the pas de deux to the Meditation from Thai-s created for Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley ; in A Month in the Country when Natalia dances with the Tutor to express her emotions ; and in Les Deux Pigeons in the final pas de deux , when the Young Man has returned to The Girl and tenderly dances with her in his arms ( see page 83 ) . |
| 19 | The stereotyped Spanish style is possibly seen at its best in Petipa 's Don Quixote , most particularly in the famous pas de deux fur the ballerina and her partner . |
| 20 | It is with such men as it is with the English landscape seen at its best as I did this morning : when one encounters them , one simply knows one is in the presence of greatness . |
| 21 | All in all , an excellent day of tennis of both quality and quantity , enabling the multi-sport Bourne Club to be seen at its best . |
| 22 | The formal work of the House is often seen at its best in committee . |
| 23 | The early twentieth century was very much a period of collecting together the data and presenting it en masse , seen at its best in G. Baldwin Brown 's exceptional study of the material of Anglo-Saxon archaeology as a whole The Arts in Early England ( 1903–1937 ) . |
| 24 | It is an interesting town with several historical buildings including the Old Hall , where Mary Queen of Scots once stayed , and a wealth of fine Georgian architecture seen at its best in the famous Crescent . |
| 25 | Like all exhibition venues , it is a question of creating the right atmosphere for your work to be seen at its best advantage . |
| 26 | The focus of the next sections is on those areas where the Ellis-Beto doctrine is seen at its best , and when it dominated TDC policy for twenty-five years . |
| 27 | He was standing quite still now , arms folded across his chest , the dark eyes beneath the dark brows fixed on the approaching motor boat , but Ronni found herself reflecting that that hard muscular body , dressed now in white trousers and a faded blue T-shirt , would only be seen at its best in motion . |
| 28 | He made his debut a week or two after joining us and soon settled down at left-half , making the berth his own , but he was not seen at his best until Palace manager Tom Bromilow signed Les Lievesley from Torquay . |
| 29 | Quicksilver , darting and with wonderful balance and control , Vince was seen at his best at Selhurst Park in Palace 's progress to the 2nd Division Championship in 1978–79 . |
| 30 | However , Derek was actually seen at his best when playing in the ‘ sweeper 's ’ role , which grew to prominence while he was at the Palace , or when lining up at centre-half alongside Ian Evans in Palace 's run to the FA Cup semi-final in 1976 . |