Example sentences of "good of things " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time , as I recall , it was generally thought that Leavis had had the better of things , partly because he made his a personal attack , and dealt Snow 's reputation as a novelist , which was then high , a blow from which it has never really recovered . |
| 2 | THIS B Division encounter produced eight goals , with the home side , Ballymena United Reserves , having the better of things to run out 5–3 winners . |
| 3 | As the half went on , Leeds really had the better of things , in terms of possesion , going forward , corners , and shots on goal . |
| 4 | His present life was , and would be , making the best of things . |
| 5 | They just have to make the best of things and not confuse ‘ sorrow ’ with ‘ despair ’ ; even the hobbits ' schoolboy humour has a point . |
| 6 | Well , I mean to say you have to make the best of things . |
| 7 | Thinking of her mother , always making the best of things ( or pretending to : when the train began to move she had stopped smiling ) Carrie nearly did cry . |