Example sentences of "[verb] at the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're simply irresistible , says Graham Rice , as he looks at the best types to grow |
| 2 | This month Cathy Bryan looks at the best buys in sandpits and paddling pools |
| 3 | Motorways are dangerous enough place at the best of times . |
| 4 | ( Employees must maintain their houses in good condition , make every effort to sell at the best price and receive company authority before accepting an offer . ) |
| 5 | Oh I think there 's no doubt about that and also their their their wages were low in the beginning you know and and their their their hard work that they 've put into it for the last you know I mean it had it I mean David Price says at the best of times is not easy to run a quarry you know you know and they they ha all work in a quarry so it had to be a cooperation and you know the management said you come up with us and and they were n't complaining actually about the wages it was quite good wages for . |
| 6 | ‘ You write the specifications for her repairs , and I 'll guarantee to have them done at the best boatyard in America . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Which does n't go far beyond maim , raze , kill at the best of times , if you remember , ’ Rosheen said . |
| 8 | Looking at the best of chemical engineering within AEA is what the Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Service will be focusing on in a two day conference starting on 30 November 1993 . |
| 9 | He told the Echo today : ‘ Hopefully I 'm looking at the best year of my life . |
| 10 | They go a a Medici shop or Athena or whatever and they 're looking at the best . |
| 11 | You know , they , they yes , yes they go to the Madechie shops and Athena or whatever and there looking at the best , and you ca n't afford it See Maryann and Richard are given up on erm buying Christmas presents because she says your buying things for people they do n't really want , everybody , therefore I think tokeny things are the best , and that 's what I 've bought this year . |
| 12 | He was hard enough to resist at the best times . |
| 13 | The funny thing is that er if you look at the better dividend funds in the year of the crash , the dividends actually went up , cos dividend yields from companies were good in that year , so people would n't have lost out , their income would have been quite stable . |
| 14 | A salmon is slippery enough to handle at the best of times , but one of this size … . |
| 15 | Hundreds of keen gardeners have been visiting Blenheim Palace … not to inspect Capability Brown 's work , but to look at the best of the country 's autumn flowers . |
| 16 | If savings have been set aside for a funeral , and would now pay for one at current prices , that money , invested at the best rate of interest , may be enough to pay for the funeral when it occurs . |
| 17 | A measure of your success in a coaching session is when the subordinate feels the discussion has been between two equals and that together you have arrived at the best course of action . |
| 18 | The Working Party on Internal Migration in Britain , which was set up by the Institute of British Geographers in l988 , aims at the better understanding of the patterns , causes and implications of migration in Britain . |
| 19 | She hated losing at the best of times but this was the worst . |
| 20 | Independent soft-commission brokers regard it as an acceptable method of payment so long as they deal at the best price . |
| 21 | Of course , it had n't so far done anything of the kind , and he had to arrive at the best thing to do in the circumstances . |
| 22 | He suggested to our supervisor that we should read the ‘ new linguistics ’ coming out of the U.S.A. , in order to arrive at the best analytic categories and techniques for analysing the language of television . |
| 23 | It stared at the good eye moving frantically in its socket . |
| 24 | Characteristically , Adam decided to stay at the best hotel in Dresden . |
| 25 | At least , that 's the feeling I get at the best of my poetry-reading moments . |
| 26 | The proportion of absentee canons at each is a good indicator of royal exploitation , which obviously was directed at the better endowed prebends . |
| 27 | As it happens , he would n't be arriving at the best possible moment : William Charles , 14 years his brother 's senior , was finding his own fame and fortune rather on the wane just at that time — he did n't need those supercilious letters from William Jowett in Jamaica to remind him of that . |
| 28 | If your lounge is equipped with batteries of spot-lamps and other sophisticated facilities , you could spend an hour or so trying out all kinds of variations before arriving at the best effect . |
| 29 | Prenatal diagnosis often improves the management of such cases by allowing the baby to be delivered at the best time and place for appropriate surgery . |
| 30 | A serious petrol shortage is only making things worse — bus travel , crowded at the best of times , is now cruel and inhumane . |