Example sentences of "[art] [adj] i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | and he said well it was the least I could do under the circumstance . |
| 2 | I think that is the nearest I could get to the orange . |
| 3 | The words happened to be the first I could enunciate . |
| 4 | But all the same I could n't make such a move without giving it some thought , ’ Paula said grandly . |
| 5 | I asked , mopping his face with some tepid water — the coldest I could find . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , it was the best I could do at short notice . ’ |
| 7 | If it had been impossible for one reason or another to use a boat on the water I would have done the best I could with a plummet and noted what I could see from the banks . |
| 8 | It was the best I could do . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She 's the best I could get … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It ai n't very good but it 's the best I could do . ’ |
| 11 | The best I could do would be to say ‘ I like peaches better ’ , but quite apart from the logical objection to deriving ‘ Choose the peach ’ from this psychological statement , reliance on a generalization about my preference could get me into a habit which would dim my awareness of the tastes , until I fail to notice that I no longer like peaches as much as I did , or that at this moment I hanker after a pear , so that the abortive try at rationalization would make my choice less intelligent . |
| 12 | There had to be agencies and clinics that were competent to deal with drug abuse , while the best I could be was an enthusiastic amateur , and that was rarely good enough . |
| 13 | I did the best I could in a couple of hours . ’ |
| 14 | I wanted the freedom and the encouragement to do the best I could for myself and my family . |
| 15 | " How pretty , " was the best I could manage in my present mood . |
| 16 | My studies were n't going so well ; a 2.2 was probably the best I could hope for . |
| 17 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
| 18 | Here , the best I could get for you is evens , but with another fiver collected for you from me mates , and the prize for winning , you 'll go home with fifty pounds in your pocket . |
| 19 | It was a flimsy pretext and might not get me anywhere , but it was the best I could do at such short notice . |
| 20 | I thought my eyes must be starting out of my head , too , but there was little I could do ; I was trying the best I could to think of something distracting to say to Eric . |
| 21 | Do n't look at me like that , it was the best I could do on the spur of the moment . ’ |
| 22 | So it was all a hotchpotch , it was all and I had to do the the best I could for those who showed fish and that was the only way I could do it . |
| 23 | I did the best I could in the circumstances , Mr Calder , but you can hardly blame me if I find it difficult to appear besotted with your charms ! ’ |
| 24 | I just tried to do the best I could . |
| 25 | I took the best I could , and this is how I 've made use of them . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I told him that I did n't give a rat 's arse , and that I was doing the best I could . ’ |
| 27 | I did the best I could with the five keys that would produce a sound and vowed never again to sit in a cupboard . |
| 28 | About the best I could get off them . |