Example sentences of "on [subord] [adv] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repeatedly we had cursed ourselves and our schools for allowing us to think we 'd grasped maths , physics and so on when now we could n't remember any of the important or useful things . |
| 2 | Had ICI decided to hive off its less promising activities to struggle on as best they could , leaving the main field to more glamorous products ? |
| 3 | Hepworth was to speak wistfully of ‘ a pressure in the air which we did not understand ’ , saying that ‘ we worked on as best we could in spite of it . ’ |
| 4 | Twoflower hung on as best he could as Ninereeds swooped through a succession of caverns and soared around a spiral staircase that could easily have accommodated a retreating army . |
| 5 | Instead , she stayed near the doors , holding on as best she could to an upright rail , the bag with the dress in it clutched in her other hand . |
| 6 | Which left her with no alternative but to hobble on as best she could . |