Example sentences of "do [pron] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is also the budget that has taken notice of what the opposition have actually said we listened to you we have not persevered with our original thinking , we 've talked to the officers , we 've listened to what you 've said , we may not have done it with the greatest grace possible but . |
| 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 | And why do we do it in the cruellest possible ways ? |
| 5 | its not , you ca n't , the thing is you ca n't defend them without how you die , you ca n't train people how to avo to die , you can only train them how to avoid it , so it does n't really matter if you get fired or not , but they show you the drills and you have to do them to the best of your ability the blank rounds are only there to the conditions , now this is why they 've got these laser got laser sights all over the body , helmet and torso and the actual weapons got a laser on top and you get , if you get near one of these things you go dead and your out , and you can actually simulate |
| 6 | To do it at the cheapest . |
| 7 | The way I approach anything is to do it to the best of my ability , whatever . |
| 8 | He began doing them in the earliest days of his career down on Coenties Slip in the late Fifties ( where the drawing classes held in Fred Mitchell 's loft became legendary ) and has kept steadily at them ever since . |
| 9 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 10 | They may need to go out in pairs which is why I think that we do need to put more money into the budget to provide this service and make sure that we 're doing it in the best possible way , erm so I mean I think that it 's very important that we 're consistent about this . |
| 11 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 12 | The surprise here is that they did it with the best , very purest intentions , poor lambs . |
| 13 | I tend to get completely engrossed with what I am doing and do it to the best of my ability , ’ … and that 's running Runrig . |
| 14 | it 's not a reflex action that the Labour Party somehow engages in , but there are things that we need to rave raise revenue for , such as investment in the economy , like our social policies , and that the way that we will raise revenue is that we we will have a fair taxation system , that is very straightforward , and agreed by the Party , unlike the Conservatives who firstly do n't recognize there is any purpose in investment in the economy , public investment , or investment in social policies they do n't agree with , and secondly , when they do have to raise money they do it in the unfairest possible way , penalizing most those who can least |
| 15 | If two subversives want to meet and pass unnoticed , then do it in the smartest , most exclusive hotel in Geneva . |