Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] his good [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dog , he says , was Miss Woodruff 's responsibility , and he 'd tried his best to help him . |
| 2 | Siward , who had done his best to delay . |
| 3 | Had all four defendants committed the brutal crimes , or had just two of the brother perpetrated these heinous events , later to be joined by William who had done his best to abet them after the event ? |
| 4 | I had lost a father , ‘ someone to watch over me ’ who had done his best to do so , though he had failed . |
| 5 | He had done his best to destroy her , and she was still here . |
| 6 | The next few years were difficult for them all , but when Eb came home , gassed and disabled , he had done his best to put the shop back on a business footing — going in every day to work behind the counter , keeping the books , and not letting customers run up bills they could n't pay . |
| 7 | Although his head was throbbing almost intolerably , he 'd felt sober enough to ring for breakfast in his room , and had done his best to contemplate the ‘ Full English ’ he 'd so foolishly ordered for 7 a.m . |
| 8 | He had done his best to make Harvey feel at home . |
| 9 | Evidently Mossop had done his best to deceive his mother , though Harry suspected his blinking , stammering parade of insecurity was bound to have betrayed him . |
| 10 | Many of the most wealthy merchants and industrialists were to be found in St Petersburg , where Peter had done his best to concentrate commercial activity . |
| 11 | While the Chiefs were largely as one in their dislike of Sandys and his methods , there was little else that united them : each had to do his best to preserve the interests of his own Service in the turbulence that hit the Whitehall market-place in 1957 . |