Example sentences of "[vb past] the good [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it was touch and go for a time and when Leicester hit back with an equaliser from Whitlow a draw seemed the best they could hope for … |
| 2 | At the US Open at Shinnecock Hills he played the best I 'd ever seen him play — probably even better than he was going to in the British Open . |
| 3 | Cutting down on food , I was University missing whole meals , telling people I was training , I 'm a P E teacher so sport and the perfect body was very much up front , so the more weight I lost the better I was told I looked until it became totally out of control and I was eating an apple and black coffee a day and then vomiting so that I had nothing in me . |
| 4 | I took the best I could , and this is how I 've made use of them . ’ |
| 5 | We did the best we could |
| 6 | Millmead battled away and did the best they could , but their cause was blighted further during the second half when they were reduced to eight men due to injury . |
| 7 | Well I think my parents did the best they could but the pressures that were on them they , they did n't do a very good job ! |
| 8 | Women simply did the best they could . |
| 9 | ‘ They did the best they could in the circumstances . |
| 10 | Inside , the surgeons , surrounded by dustbins filled with lopped-off limbs , did the best they could to patch up the ghastly wounds caused by the huge shell splinters . |
| 11 | But Mother did the best she could and made rabbit pies , apple pies , and obtained a very good recipe from Mrs Fawcett for a tattie cake , which was a bit like a Cornish pasty , without the meat , and a whole lot bigger . |
| 12 | He emerges as a man with a big heart and a clever mind who did the best he could in difficult circumstances . |
| 13 | He did the best he could . |
| 14 | I did the best I could in a couple of hours . ’ |
| 15 | I did the best I could in the circumstances , Mr Calder , but you can hardly blame me if I find it difficult to appear besotted with your charms ! ’ |
| 16 | I did the best I could with the five keys that would produce a sound and vowed never again to sit in a cupboard . |