Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] at [pos pn] best " in BNC.
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| 1 | National Health may have been jazz-rock , but it was n't the searing explosion of sound that described Mahavishnu at its best . |
| 2 | With a host of visitor attractions , acres of beautiful countryside , excellent accommodation and leisure facilities and a rich and colourful history , this charming county is the perfect place to enjoy England at its best . |
| 3 | Martin Ling hit the first … the second showed Swindon at their best … the old class was showing as Andy Mutch made it 2 all … who 's a clever boy … |
| 4 | ( His concern for the floundering Burnett showed Coleridge at his best during these months : Southey abandoned Burnett ; Coleridge stayed loyal to him , even though the two men were not special friends . ) |
| 5 | The bicentenary year is an opportunity and a challenge , as well as a danger : an opportunity to take stock and to hear and see Mozart at his best , a challenge to clear away the sentimental cobwebs and let Mozart speak , but a danger that the world will be engulfed in mass-marketed whimsy . |
| 6 | It was after Frank Hoddinott joined us in 1923 that Palace fans ( all too briefly ) saw Whitworth at his best . |
| 7 | The last four lines of this sonnet are seldom quoted , but to me they represent Shakespeare at his best , that intimate tone and unforced style of which Angel Day 's account of the personal letter is so apt a description : ‘ the familiar and mutuall talke of one absent friend to another … simple , plaine , and of the lowest and meanest stile ’ — yet how expressive : It is rare , even in his poetry , to find traditional tropes reanimated with such freshness and simplicity . |