Example sentences of "have [to-vb] the best [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But the court has to do the best it can by way of what are really conventional figures in relation to injuries , the court assessing , of course , on the individual facts of the case , what is sometimes called the tariff , making adjustments for particular facts of the particular case .
2 But we 'll just have to do the best we can . ’
3 ‘ You 'll just have to do the best you can , ’ said Hurley .
4 The odds , as they well knew , were against them finishing even one tour , but war is a horrible business and we all had to do the best we could in discouraging circumstances .
5 But she had to do the best she could .
6 And er and then er of course I went back to me mother after me grandmother died , I went to me mother and er mind you when I was th young there was a lot of poverty about you know there was er no security pay and no er and you could n't get any money from anywhere or anything like that you know and er so it used to er had to do the best you can .
7 Once out on the big seas of life , we each have to do the best we can , whether we have sails , or engines , or nothing but a wooden paddle .
8 ‘ Oh , we all have to do the best we can until the damn thing is over .
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