Example sentences of "[adv] he could [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He washed himself as best he could at the sink in the bathroom . |
| 2 | It was pitiful , the broken blade of a dagger that he had bound with strips of rag to give him a handle , and sharpened as best he could on the edge of the stone under the window ; the worn hollow , paler in colour , was there to be seen . |
| 3 | So he lay hunched on the floor of the saloon and breathed as best he could through the thick hood . |
| 4 | He settled himself as best he could between the metal wall and a heavy bundle of wires , and stared into the darkness . |
| 5 | Across the street , sheltering as best he could from the blasts of wind down Park Avenue , Gentle — who 'd returned to his station barely a minute before — caught sight of the doorman scrabbling on the foyer floor . |