Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] the [adj -est] " in BNC.

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1 But that 's the real world and we have to be positive and make it the best for them as it can be , with love , affection and trust . ’
2 So let's really all commit ourselves to the national raffle and make it the biggest and most successful raffle Save The Children has ever had .
3 Let his man make his way back there , and let me have the third horse and bring you the quickest way to Ullesthorpe .
4 With this in mind we take a look at the kind of thing the cold weather walker should be wearing on page 26 and bring you the latest thermals on page 24 .
5 The German army itself was in theory a composite force of Prussian , Saxon , Bavarian and Württemberger troops ; this diversity meant little more than differences of name and uniform , for the Prussian staff controlled the whole apparatus as a unified system and made it the best army in the world .
6 A great looker , and he may have shown his admiration because she had ducked her dark head in mock embarrassment and given him the slowest smile as she had moved away .
7 Wonderful Members of Parliament , who , little more than twenty years before , had made themselves merry with the wild railroad theories of engineers , and given them the liveliest rubs in cross-examination , went down into the north with their watches in their hands , and sent on messages before by the electric telegraph , to say that they were coming Night and day the conquering engines rumbled at their distant work , or advancing smoothly to their journey 's end , and gliding like tame dragons into the allotted corners grooved out to the inch for their reception , stood bubbling and trembling there , making the walls quake , as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers yet unsuspected in them , and strong purposes not yet achieved .
8 So you will walk into that store and give him the haughtiest stare you are capable of — and you can do it , ’ he promised .
9 The British Government lifted red tape restrictions so that a charity here could fly in the eight-month-old girl , and give her the best chance of survival .
10 ‘ It was only intended as a short-term measure , ’ Schaffer objected , ‘ to keep the valley clear and give us the best possible chance for a manhunt . ’
11 Without all these controls companies will still be making standard phone calls and writing them up afterwards into signed telephone logs and considering them the best records of a transaction .
12 Can you advise me about the pros and cons and tell me the best way to retain their copper finish ?
13 Try and remember it the best you can .
14 Esther Allan dusted off the music and taught her the best songs from Sugar and Spite .
15 By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them .
16 Abraham bought me new clothes , gave me a new place to live , and sent me the finest food .
17 we 'll phone Chris and Keith and ask them the best time for us to go when the kids are not there , and she 'll tell us
18 She put her lips together and blew him the tiniest of kisses .
19 Edgar Linton was still in love with her , and thought himself the happiest man on earth when he married her three years after his parents ' death .
20 And whatever each one chose I would go off and tell them the loveliest sort of
21 Accompanied by Manuel Garcia Morante , she sang superbly for over an hour , and gave everyone the greatest joy .
22 ‘ Trust yourself ’ she says and gave me the best gift in the universe , one hour of total relaxation . ’
23 PLEASE NOTE : Although it is unlikely , if we have to change your confirmed Freelink departure and/or return point we will inform you/your Travel Agent as soon as possible , and offer you the nearest available alternative .
24 We are committed to using the resources available to the health service to treat the maximum number of patients and to offer them the highest possible quality of health care .
25 I anxiously await its next issues and wish you the best of luck .
26 I congratulate you all on your achievement and wish you the best in putting what you have learned into practice . ’
27 And thus I was brought , by the gracious providence of God , to that place which had the chiefest of my labours and yielded me the greatest fruits of comfort . ’
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