Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who exactly is the Euro-fighter meant to defend Britannia and our European allies against now that the Berlin Wall is down , the Soviet Union is rushing towards disarmament and the Warsaw Pact has suddenly become the best investment opportunity since the post-war Marshall Plan ? |
| 2 | Who exactly is the Euro-fighter meant to defend Britannia and our European allies against now that the Berlin Wall is down , the Soviet Union is rushing towards disarmament and the Warsaw Pact has suddenly become the best investment opportunity since the post-war Marshall Plan ? |
| 3 | Powerful New Zealand Test forward George Mann has hardly had the best of luck with injury , but he is now back in action and ready to challenge for a regular first team place again . |
| 4 | ‘ No one has ever got the better of her yet . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Rohmer smiled again , and this time it was as if he 'd just heard the best news of the evening . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Afterwards as the plaudits for the winner died down , Homer confided in me : ‘ You 've just seen the best jockey since Jonjo O'Neill , ’ and who would argue with that assertion nowadays ? |
| 10 | ‘ But actually I 've just bought the best electro-acoustic I 've ever seen or heard — a Takamine . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But they 've already had the best part of a week in which to forget . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And you 've probably made the best choice . |
| 16 | ‘ But we 've probably spent the best part of £1m on lawyers ’ fees , let alone our own time . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Then I could remain sane about it , by thinking I 'm being stupid : I 've really got the best world . |
| 19 | Scum fans claim they 've now got the best pitch in the Premiership . |
| 20 | Mr Scott added that all the media attention since May had undoubtedly damaged the good image of the club . |
| 21 | We have all enjoyed the good value in price and cover offered by Autocover , our own Car Insurance Scheme , for the past eleven years . |
| 22 | As there has been very little traffic today , I just thought I would comment on somebody 's statement that Leeds have possibly got the best squad in the premier league . |
| 23 | As an employer myself I have often found the best employees to be the most straightforward on paper . |
| 24 | We have recently found out that we have now got the best of all of these or the worst of all of these in Anglo-Saxon Roman law whereby we set out was , is reasonable in law and then they hear from Saf Health and Safety Executive tell us they are not going to enforce it . |
| 25 | Erm I would like to say a few words about the Fire and Rescue Service , er the Fire Cover Review Panel er which rests erm with couple of months before Christmas er it 's first meeting , received a report from the Chief Officer that in restructuring the Fire Service to get better use out of it to er spread the cuts could find savings of up to nine hundred thousand pounds in that process and they are friends in the Labour , Liberal Democrat groups have simply taken the good aspects of that the plus side of it and rejected the side what faces the side anyway . |
| 26 | THE WRIGHT STUFF : Liverpool have yet to see the best of Mark Wright , says manager Graeme Souness |
| 27 | But Crosby almost released Stone then into a good position and you have to say Forest have certainly had the best of this second half . |
| 28 | We have recently had the good fortune to spend an afternoon with the present writer in residence , Joy Hendry , as our visiting speaker , and have savoured but a taste of the feast of enviable experience that she in particular , and others of similar calibre , must have afforded to those lucky enough to live in the Stirling area . |