Not that the various tutors hadn't done a first-rate job, they had.
I take it that you would want a first-rate job.
Dean has done a first-rate job of making coastal conservation interesting.
Both men, in fact, were and still are, honestly convinced they have done a first-rate job.
"We're doing a first-rate job of avoiding the issue, aren't we?"
I mean, maybe I hadn't done a first-rate job, but a little bit of congratulations would have been nice.
And ever since I gave him the post, he's done a first-rate job with it.
Many thanks to all my fellow workers, whom I congratulate on doing a difficult and first-rate job.
"Thing like this, you want a first-rate job," he said.
Because today we've got to do a first-rate professional job.