Sentence examples for make a good fist from inspiring English sources

You only get one shot at it and we didn't make a good fist of it".

In fact, historically speaking, Victoria isn't that bad, and both Coleman and Rufus Sewell as Melbourne make a good fist of some challenging material.

Not to be left out, Labour was also keen to reassure the country it could make a good fist of acting like a headless chicken.

If the memoirs of many civil servants are to be believed, few cabinet ministers make a good fist of running their departments.

"It's not going to be easy and it's the team that most Arsenal fans would have wanted to avoid at this stage, but it's up to us to make a good fist of it.

I may giggle at Downton for its daftness – I've only just got over the convalescent-home plot in series two – but they make a good fist of tackling the subtleties of historical social change.

Perhaps Todd Haynes would have made a good fist of it.

Smith makes a good fist of a hard job, and brings Antigone to life well.

makes a good fist of not saying the wrong thing nowadays.

Santander has so far made a good fist of its acquisition of Abbey, a British high-street lender.

He has made a good fist of limiting barter with suppliers, the acid test of any Russian boss.