Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have met nobody that is wholly satisfied with the body God gave them — but this is the body you 've got so you 'd better make the best of it . |
| 2 | Rohmer smiled again , and this time it was as if he 'd just heard the best news of the evening . |
| 3 | I worked hard to get the best job in the world . |
| 4 | Then she told herself he had only got the better of her because she was , as he had so rightly said , suffering from shock and exhaustion . |
| 5 | At Sotheby 's New York on 21 October last , five clocks of second-rate quality ( the property of a collector who had already dispersed the best part of his collection ) sent auction prices rocketing . |
| 6 | ‘ That afternoon the matron of Abigail 's hospital rang from Bristol to tell us her lungs had finally got the better of her heart and she 'd died an hour ago . |
| 7 | He did n't hate her , and he certainly did n't want to hurt her , but he knew he had just done the best thing he could ever do for Sandra Bamfield . |
| 8 | She was also rather surprised by the way in which she took her own newly-acquainted charms , for she was almost as determined as Janice to make the best of herself , and she had more to make the best of . |
| 9 | Anything less than a straight A disappointed me , and even when I had clearly gained the best grade in the class — a slightly alleviating factor-I still told myself that it was n't good enough . |
| 10 | Mr Scott added that all the media attention since May had undoubtedly damaged the good image of the club . |