Example sentences of "[art] [adj -est] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 His line on playing live is one of the canniest you can come across : ‘ There 's always one element that 's not quite right .
2 We looked at about 25 or 30 , but this is about the nicest we saw .
3 When I cleaned it up , I found it to be in really good condition and one of the nicest I have ever seen come out of the river .
4 Seriously though , Fenland people are some of the nicest you could wish to meet and they will often help you if they possibly can .
5 For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live , as the greatest he ; and therefore truly , sir , I think it 's clear , that every man that is to live under a government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that government ; and I do think that the poorest man in England is not at all bound in a strict sense to that government that he hath not had a voice to put himself under ; … ( p. 53 )
6 The flood of almost 3D colour and composition was one of the finest I 've ever seen for colour flow .
7 The flood of almost 3D colour and composition was one of the finest I 've ever seen for colour flow .
8 Cards on the table , Gavrilov 's reading of the first movement of the Seventh Sonata is one of the finest I 've heard — very nearly as fine as Pollini 's ( DG ) .
9 Promoter Andy Norman is hailing the line-up at the National Indoor Arena as the finest he has assembled in 20 years — and the best anywhere in the world this winter .
10 Palatine Ales is not in fact a particularly large company , but it is the largest we have used so far .
11 So because we were the largest we took we in conjunction with people like Redland Roof Tiles and er
12 So , the two golden rules when buying are to go for quality and buy the largest you can afford .
13 The houses have one or two storeys , and are often very long — the largest I visited having twenty-four arched french windows in a row .
14 It was the largest I had ever seen , split up into walled units , ten of them Ward had said , and when I reached the western limit of it I was face to face with the heaving bulk of the ocean .
15 Kalmia augustifolia had spread rapidly , being left undisturbed to sucker , a method of propagation he considered better than by seed ; a Cephalanthus occidentalis , the largest he had seen , ‘ liked the situation well enough ’ and Itea virginica was ‘ in the greatest vigour ’ .
16 The art shop in Covent Garden was the largest she could think of offhand , and the minute she walked in she knew that she had done the right thing .
17 So here we are , that 's what it 's like , and that 's the deepest we can go and the clearest we can get .
18 ‘ The ride is firm , but there 's no body roll and the engine is just about the sweetest I 've ever had . ’
19 For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live , as the greatest he ; and therefore truly , sir , I think it 's clear , that every man that is to live under a government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that government ; and I do think that the poorest man in England is not at all bound in a strict sense to that government that he hath not had a voice to put himself under ; … ( p. 53 )
20 York , 54 , who guided Chrysler 's financial rebound , says he hopes to achieve a similar economic miracle at IBM , but that his decision to leave Chrysler was ‘ the toughest I 've made in my career . ’
21 HIS latest film is one of the funniest he 's ever made , and his training as a stand-up comic and magician stretched over hard years on the tough American nightclub circuit .
22 I tried to slacken pace but the slowest I went seemed to be faster than I had ever run before .
23 I think it 's the longest we 've approved and
24 You will have to decide whether you are happier working in metric or imperial units ; it 's probably best to have a steel rule graduated in both and the longest you can have — 5m or 16ft is a useful length .
25 The journey was the longest he had ridden for several years and he was feeling his age .
26 The longest he had ever stayed off was six months , at the first attempt .
27 The night seemed the longest he had endured .
28 His body took it in , took her in , and the desire which reared in him was the strongest he had ever experienced .
29 Hours passed and the wind worsened to the strongest it had been for days .
30 The new ones , I mean , the youngest they 've all got a , erm , different , they 've all got different
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