Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has educated me in the best sense of the word and I have trusted him as I think I would trust no one else of my own sex . |
| 2 | But , then when you 've done it to the best of your ability and you ca n't really see the rewards , then you have to analyse why . |
| 3 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 4 | Though no amount of apologising was going to excuse the fact that she had deliberately misled them , even given that she had only misled them from the best of motives — so that they should not worry . |
| 5 | It was , by now , Saturday , a day on which the registrar 's office was normally closed , so special arrangements had to be made and the registrar had to open up just for me , which , I imagine , had n't put him in the best of moods , which manifested itself when I could n't remember the date on which Nigel and I were married . |
| 6 | I feel so comfortable with your mother and the whole time here has changed me for the better . ’ |