Example sentences of "[pron] best [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er if I can help it I 've got to erm do me best to stop that happening . |
| 2 | Still , as long as you 're not thinking about makin' me your fancy piece , I 'll do me best to stand up brave to the world . ’ |
| 3 | The medical commitment to disabled people still lacks a generally agreed term with which best to describe it . |
| 4 | But lovers of novels in everyday ink and print can take heart from the fact that electronic book publishing lends itself best to reference material . |
| 5 | Lovers of novels in everyday ink and print can take heart from the fact that electronic book publishing lends itself best to reference material |
| 6 | Is it best to do sort of a say if a question , Which accent do you not like ? |
| 7 | Is it best to do a series of accents and get 'em to tick or get 'em |
| 8 | I have at this point tried to bring in some preliminary notions of stress and prominence without giving a full explanation ; by this stage in the course it is important to be getting familiar with the difference between stressed and unstressed syllables , and the nature of ‘ schwa ’ , but the subject of stress is such a large one that I have felt it best to leave its main treatment until later . |
| 9 | We 've found it best to glue the wheels onto the axles with superglue and wait until they are dry before the pin is added . |
| 10 | Is it best to grout with mortar between paving slabs ? |
| 11 | Is it best to go for television , radio , newspapers , magazines , posters , point-of-sale material like shop cards on counters or in shop windows , or brochures and leaflets ? |
| 12 | For example , what definition of money is taken and which financial asset(s) is it best to use in the investigations ? |
| 13 | When things go badly wrong , is it best to abort the mission , cut one 's losses and use the resources more effectively elsewhere , or go on trying ? |
| 14 | Some students find it best to set aside a regular time each week ( perhaps at the weekend ) to file all the notes taken during the previous week . |
| 15 | I could not see , then , how I might press on with this bantering ; in fact , I decided it best to call a halt to the matter and , pretending to remember something I had urgently to attend to , excused myself , leaving my employer looking rather bemused . |
| 16 | I am not sure now if I ever proceeded to knock ; it is quite possible , given the alarming nature of what I heard , that I judged it best to withdraw altogether . |
| 17 | I find it best to spread the cream over the minced beef , and then to top that with the avocado ( if used ) and the tomato . |
| 18 | I found it best to suspend the tube containing the eggs as soon as the embryo could be seen inside . |
| 19 | Is it best to fix an extractor in a ceiling ? |
| 20 | As it turned out , parents found it best to ask Olwyn which one of the four rewards on the menu she preferred on any successful night . |
| 21 | Deciding it best to let the matter go no further , I continued on my way . |
| 22 | I felt it best to keep the main report to matters of … of science , let us say . ’ |
| 23 | They still felt it best to keep him there . |
| 24 | Ace also felt a twinge of sadness for the Colonel , but felt it best to get on with the job in hand . |
| 25 | This year I felt it best to avoid wine and all things Canadian lest anyone had a good memory . |
| 26 | Or is it best to write first and see if they are interested ? |
| 27 | Was it best to interfere with the cat 's instinct to play with its catch — or should I have left nature to her cruelty ? |
| 28 | Others find it best to work in a revision group . |
| 29 | This is the simplest component of legal aid , but alterations and adjustments to it make it best to think of it as encompassing a number of different types of help . |
| 30 | Owen judged it best to make no reply . |