Example sentences of "best [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This is the best I can manage . "
2 The best I can manage is to say that the thriller is intended to thrill ; it is a succession of exciting events , whereas the suspense novel is designed to create suspense , a series of situations of which the outcome is in doubt .
3 ‘ The best I can offer you is a head start , get out of here and do n't ever come back . ’
4 I might fool the fans , but the best I can hope for this season must be second from bottom and the third preliminary round of the FA Cup .
5 The best I can hope for is to be dragged home and given stuff to make me manageable .
6 The best I can do as a manager is a combination of threatening , cajoling and being nice to everyone who can help to give my act the best possible shot .
7 My owners really wanted a Deerhound — this is the best I can do S J Hale , Cheshunt , Herts
8 ‘ The best I can do is a heads of agreement outlining Harley 's deal .
9 If it 's daylight , the best I can do is follow you , stay close .
10 I do n't claim any great originality or depth , but it is the best I can do at the moment .
11 The best I can do is to offer you a free ¼ page advert , but I must have all the details in the next 48 hours .
12 I 'm sorry it 's such short notice , but that 's the best I can do . ’
13 That 's the best I can do — a deficit of 11M in 5 ys .
14 Not really the answer to the question but it 's the best I can do .
15 Your balls are well separated , I mean , the best I can do is take off the yellow , then I can make the .
16 Another picture er of the not very good , but erm best I can do , best I 've got .
17 As that 's the best I can do I 'm afraid .
18 A whole new generation of music sprouted up , the best I can remember .
19 ‘ I 'm afraid a very weathered cotton sundress is the best I can muster — ’
20 ‘ I have to admit , it 's the best I can come up with . ’
21 The best I can say is that Boy looked something like , or had something like the feel of , Paul Newman when he 's playing the character christened Chance Wayne in that Tennessee Williams film .
22 My husband must have been unhappy , that 's the best I can say for him . ’
23 These are frail reasons , but the best I can find , for canto 107 to begin with a flourish of Sicilian place-names :
24 The best she can do is to try to secure it by non-military , legal means , and this she has done with a fair measure of success .
25 The best she can do , even with the link to the Eye of Harmony and the data stored in the Matrix , is to work in best estimates .
26 For the baby it 's often the best start in life ; for the mum , the best she can give to her child .
27 This will run graphics at resolutions of 800 by 600 with 16 colours — the best you can hope for on a 14-inch monitor .
28 The best you can hope for in that game is a draw — you ai n't gon na win .
29 That does n't mean it necessarily worked or was good ; but , once the script is settled in your mind , the best you can hope for is that the finished film reflects those ambitions .
30 Much pre-war inner city housing has little in the way of space and more often than not a backyard is the best you can hope for .
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