Example sentences of "[adv] at his good " in BNC.
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| 1 | * I* * have not seen enough of Best … and even when we are shown clips of Best at his best … |
| 2 | Even his admirers concede that he was ‘ not at his best ’ when conducting interviews . |
| 3 | But more enervating diseases took their toll , and a man with the malaria shakes every afternoon is not at his best when aiming a rifle . |
| 4 | ‘ The good Professor is not at his best , ’ Benson said . |
| 5 | Shelley was not at his best , yet he always talks so beautifully . ’ |
| 6 | weak spots : Grodas might be — Erik ‘ The Viking ’ Thorstvedt ( Spurs ) is out because of his red card against Poland and also Fjortoft is not at his best — he has scored even less at Swindon than Dino at Leeds . |
| 7 | Zafonic , who shattered the course record to win the 2,000 Guineas on fast ground , is not at his best on soft . |
| 8 | The Kent man , who had led overnight on 68 , began at the tenth and , though he was not at his best , he was still two under with five holes to play . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's very well and is usually at his best when fresh , ’ he said . |
| 10 | He remains a formidable political operator and is usually at his best on the hustings . |
| 11 | At Streatham and Liverpool in November he made his mark , observed by the Fascist apologist A. K. Chesterton ( cousin of G. K. Chesterton ) who recorded in his own life of Mosley that it was William Joyce who was the ‘ brilliant writer , speaker , and exponent of policy … addressed hundreds of meetings , always at his best , always revealing the iron spirit of Fascism in his refusal to be intimidated by violent opposition . ’ |
| 12 | Still , David was also an honest and capable footballer and , even if his Palace career was not to reach his previous level , he played some useful games for us and was probably at his best in the autumn of 1983 , when he also scored some valuable goals , including one late winner against his home town club , Cardiff City . |
| 13 | And manager Francis said : ‘ Hirst is now back at his best . |
| 14 | Lever turned , smiling back at his best friend . |
| 15 | Teague 's career looked all over after the world cup final … but he 's beaten off a shoulder injury and is back at his best … so too is Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody he rode five winners on saturday … today he won again on the Nicholson trained Now Your Talkin … he 's the top jockey with 40 winners … now he 's talkin … the Williams team from Didcot do n't do a lot of talking apart from Nigel of course but they 've swept the board in formula one this season … |
| 16 | He was n't at his best over two and a half at Ascot last time , but can redeem his reputation around his favoured left-handed track . |
| 17 | ‘ The Doctor just was n't at his best when St Jovite murdered him in Ireland and it 's taken him a while to get over that . |
| 18 | He 'd last time tried over these he he was n't at his best . |
| 19 | Of course , he 'd given up medicine to pursue comedy , but he was absolutely at his best when caring for others . |
| 20 | He was nervous and unsettled before the opening , and suffered from chills and fever , but , in spite of his aversion to conventional " publicity " , he was persuaded to give interviews to the press , although he was never at his best on such occasions . |