Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say she 's the youngest prima ballerina ever to dance at the Coliseum . ’ |
| 2 | They all say you are the best houngan in Haiti . |
| 3 | Erm , we also , again I mean , as you say , we always look at ourselves and say we 're the best team in the company . |
| 4 | ‘ Did you know it 's the biggest bank in the United States ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Anyone who uses the East-Coast mainline will recognise it is the biggest investment since the steam age . ’ |
| 7 | Every year in October we say it is the finest thing in the garden . |
| 8 | ‘ Where they have dug the hole is a main junction , they say it is the worst place for the leak , where the water is separated . |
| 9 | A family who 've been saved from eviction by an anonymous donor say it 's the best Christmas present they could have hoped for . |
| 10 | ‘ I never say it 's the best car in the world , ’ he replied , ’ but I believe we are the best at making a car in our class . |
| 11 | It 's because they ca n't afford to keep them in , but they say it 's the latest therapy technique . |
| 12 | Police say it 's the worst assault they 've seen , and they 're asking for information from the criminal underworld . |
| 13 | The team from St Tiggywinkles say it 's the worst disaster they 've ever seen . |
| 14 | Useless for Boswell to point out that notwithstanding the title ‘ Doctor ’ , physick did not belong in Johnson 's otherwise comprehensive repertoire , and here it was that the landlord made a distinction which so pleased Johnson : ‘ They say he is the greatest man in England , except Lord Mansfield . ’ |
| 15 | In a letter of ‘ unanimous support ’ published in The Times today board members say he is the best person to lead the corporation . |
| 16 | But they say he 's the greatest photographer of all time . ’ |
| 17 | Kee looked at Karen and said quietly , ‘ Some people say he was the strongest houngan of all , the houngan we call Baron Samedi . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But the King says I am the best horseman in his army . |
| 19 | Loving you was the best thing that ever happened to me : I could never go with anyone else . |
| 20 | Anne Cullen has spent nearly half of her twenty two years of married life pregnant … and says she 's the happiest mum in the world . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've always said you were the best blacksmith I ever had . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Peter [ Scudamore ] says he 's the best hurdler he has ridden , ’ he added . |
| 23 | I just turned round and says mine was the cheapest price anyway ! |
| 24 | Jeff Jones , the developer says it 's the best site in the region . |
| 25 | Mrs Danby says it 's the best thing ! ’ |
| 26 | She says it 's the worst smell she 's ever encountered on a Ferry . |
| 27 | Her sister thinks of this pain all day and night and says it is the worst part and I think it is , worse even than how it is to end . |
| 28 | He says it was the worst day . |
| 29 | The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale . |
| 30 | The consensus it that by four or five strokes it is the toughest course in either county because the battle is only half over when you 've found the green . |