Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [adj] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He will always remain the best of his time . |
| 2 | ‘ He could have a bad week swingwise and still win by five shots because he 'd somehow make the best of his opportunities , no matter how limited they were . |
| 3 | Although he did not win The Open like his fellow Irishman Fred Daly , who also died recently , Bradshaw achieved a number of notable victories . |
| 4 | Gazza could do the same for his country if Taylor was prepared to take the risk . |
| 5 | Even in the darkness , Cardiff could see the swelling on his forehead . |
| 6 | He describes this period of work as one of , of terrible strain , it was also a period in which he was personally very unhappy , and I get the impression that he really did use the best of his mind on this problem , and that for the rest of his life he found it difficult to press his thinking home with the kind of ruthlessness that many of the problems that he then assumed required . |
| 7 | Tomorrow Ronnie Convery will have the last of his special reports looking at the state of Christianity in Scotland . |
| 8 | Or did Mr Lawson simply let his natural rudeness get the better of his judgment ? |
| 9 | Odd-Knut dropped us off so that he could go and get the last of his dog food . |
| 10 | She regretted she could not say the same about his chest and general condition , and explained why in detail . |
| 11 | O'Neill could say the same of his own team . |