Example sentences of "do what they could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As writers like Leavis and Raymond Williams saw it , although educational institutions had a duty to do what they could to sustain it , the common culture was almost irredeemably lost . |
| 2 | ‘ They all had it in for Jonathan and they did what they could to harm him , but they were glad enough of his money , of his custom in their shops and of the work he provided . ’ |
| 3 | The students were being fed contradictory messages and did what they could to lead their lives in the best way possible , given deteriorating conditions and mounting ideological and political debates . |
| 4 | The Hasteds no doubt did what they could to help their bereaved sister , though their best turned out to be insufficient to save her as time went by . |
| 5 | People could see why I wanted to work in that way and did what they could to make it possible . |