Example sentences of "he [vb past] the good of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next door , the Archdeacon 's shower was not quite hot enough , but he made the best of it . |
| 2 | Whether Gould greeted all of his contacts with a similarly gauche introduction or not , he made the best of his time in Sydney and called on , among others , the missionary Bishop of Australia , William Broughton , and Alexander MacLeay , first President of the Australian Museum at Sydney . |
| 3 | Neil Cardow , 25 , had knifed John Kerr , 24 , nine times after he got the better of Cardow in a fight . |
| 4 | Yes it was at two down and the every time Palace went forward in the early stages you thought to yourself , here comes another goal because they looked like scoring , they were so dangerous , of course he 's a real threat and he got the better of for that first goal , er he was er danger all the time and er it was a little bit from er County 's performance in reverse to that of the previous week at Forest , where erm Palace were so good in the first half and er you would n't have been surprised if they 'd gone in two nil or even three nil ahead , the penalty brought Notts back into the game . |
| 5 | He thought the better of pressing on that one too |
| 6 | A Congregationalist who turned Anglican , he combined the best of both Catholic and evangelical traditions . |
| 7 | He remained the best of all friends to people . |