Example sentences of "[prep] as [adv] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | They slotted them in as best they could on the flat seat backs . |
| 2 | Then I got to work with some hard green soap I 'd found beside the sink , washed my make-up off as best I could , examined my face by the light of the torch in the little mirror hanging there , then tucked myself in . |
| 3 | He still had the numbed feeling on him , and that in itself was frightening , for as yet he could feel no sorrow for either Martin or Mr Smith . |
| 4 | Not , they were n't members of ours and they were n't er skilled in the trade , but hey were just people who were prepared to work any way and and scrambled through as best they could . |
| 5 | During the winter Clive scraped by as best he could , bagging a rich brat here , a group of businessmen there , but come summer he cleaned up , netting the poor startled witless kids in droves . |