Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [prep] the best " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hoping that Steinmark would be back on Monday but I 'm afraid that you will have to carry on the best you can . |
| 2 | Nothing else was right , you had to go for the best in life , and I suppose we 've always felt that . ’ |
| 3 | They had to hassle for the best part of the day to get the machine out of the factory because , like most of these auctions , the auctioneers wanted the place cleared immediately . |
| 4 | Of course , it had n't so far done anything of the kind , and he had to arrive at the best thing to do in the circumstances . |
| 5 | It was the first time two West Indian batsmen had made a century stand for the sixth wicket in each innings of a Test and it took the game right away from England ; when the last wicket fell , Logie was left unbeaten on 95 , the score was 397 , and England had to survive for the best part of two days . |
| 6 | ‘ But you ca n't be generous , you have to go for the best person for the job . |
| 7 | We just have to play to the best of our ability and if that 's good enough we may get something out of it . ’ |
| 8 | This was recognised by Sir Ernest Gowers in The Complete Plain Words : [ L ] egal draftsmen have to ensure to the best of their ability that what they say will be found to mean precisely what they intended , even after it has been subjected to detailed and possibly hostile scrutiny by acute legal minds … |
| 9 | The members of the Board have to decide on the best methods of bringing work and money into the region . |