Example sentences of "[vb mod] manage [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best that Loughborough could manage was a penalty in reply from their full-back Chris Dossett after 18 minutes . |
| 2 | The best she could manage was to imagine him to be a person who had known Ewan well . |
| 3 | The development officer therefore could not provide even frequent direct help — the most she could manage was to monitor the situation ( which in fact broke down five months after her referral , when the client was admitted to residential care under a guardianship order ) . |
| 4 | But all he could manage was , ‘ Was this the only action open to you ? ’ |
| 5 | Thirty of them made the trip to Gulfstream Park and the best they could manage was one Irish and one French third place , both well beaten . |
| 6 | A conqueror 's laugh should have accompanied his following line of ‘ Brave boy ’ , but all he could manage was a smile . |
| 7 | Derek looked at Charlotte as he sat down , but all she could manage was the faintest of smiles . |
| 8 | All she could manage was a burbled apology . |
| 9 | All I could manage was to haunt Rocamar like a beast with no heart . ’ |
| 10 | The best the top performing expert could manage was just over £80 . |
| 11 | After the interval , all they could manage was a forwards ' try , by McIvor , and it was left to the home scrum-half , Tony Devlin , to notch the only touchdown — in the last minute — with a fine individual effort . |