Example sentences of "[pers pn] [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he speaks an aside to us , in his own person , it is in verse : He continues in their prose , but when he wants to express his respect for them and offer his services , he moves up to verse : ‘ I 'll show thee the best springs ; I 'll pluck thee berries ; /I 'll fish for thee , and get thee wood enough ’ ( 160f . ) . |
| 2 | Beautiful Swaledale I love thee the best , |
| 3 | At 60,000 feet it was harder to tell which was giving me the better high : the puppy poo , the Beastie Boys album or the Cessna . |
| 4 | Shift him when you like but the sooner you get him over to me the better . |
| 5 | ‘ Which presumably makes me the better teacher , ’ he returned with a dryness that made her want to pummel him with her fists from sheer frustration . |
| 6 | I was wearier , I was more tolerant , that was the only difference and that change only enabled me the better to accept what I 'd always been . |
| 7 | Love for another is one of the main derivatives of this awareness of difference ( two bodies in different skins ) and the accompanying gratitude when good things are provided : ‘ I love you because you are my mother and give me the good things I need . ’ |
| 8 | He gave me the good news that Elizabeth and Ernest were safe and well . |
| 9 | Q Could you please tell me the best method of fixing turned wooden handles to cutlery blanks ? |
| 10 | What looks like a fairly minor scrape would cost me the best part of a planned skiing trip at Christmas to repair if this was n't a company car . |
| 11 | Working and looking after children part-time gives me the best of both worlds . |
| 12 | What with contributions to the housekeeping , the holiday was going to end up costing me the best part of £500 . |
| 13 | Please could you tell me the best form of algae to keep in a fish-only aquarium ? |
| 14 | ‘ Royal Gait gave me the best day of my racing career at Cheltenham last March , ’ he added . |
| 15 | Mind yer , 'e likes ter give me the best , does my 'Arold . ’ |
| 16 | He said he liked us and wanted us to come back , though he liked me the best … |
| 17 | Can you advise me about the pros and cons and tell me the best way to retain their copper finish ? |
| 18 | ‘ Trust yourself ’ she says and gave me the best gift in the universe , one hour of total relaxation . ’ |
| 19 | but erm I do n't know what sort of thing wou would get me the best experience . |
| 20 | ‘ And you gave me the best ! ’ |
| 21 | erm he does seem to me to be me the best — I mean all this common opinion is true — he is a writer of indefinite richness and it is amazing , but the case . |
| 22 | Through the successive phases of his career — at Gainsborough , Gaumont-British and then at his own Ealing Studios — he was to show that his talent lay in finding the most talented people available , giving them the best context to work in , inspiring and stimulating their efforts and intervening where necessary to ensure that the best possible film came out of the production process . |
| 23 | Young people differ in their interests and aptitudes , and we need a range of schools to offer them the best opportunities . |
| 24 | We want to show them the best . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
| 26 | But perhaps I shall be able to show them the best places for picnics and things like that . ’ |
| 27 | Well , he found them the best ski runs in the Cairngorms when they started and they could n't afford to give him anything very spectacular , so he said , ‘ Can I have the ski shop and the bobble hat concession ? ’ |
| 28 | We aim to recruit the best people , give them the best training , set the best standards , establish quality assurance and maintain a system of peer review within our firms and through our national institutes . |
| 29 | ‘ These stores will give them the best of both worlds and could prove a major rival to the big store chains . ’ |
| 30 | No wonder Spurs rate them the best they have faced . |