Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj -est] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was universally accepted that no man married merely for love , and many men and women no doubt made the best of the circumstances , and fell in love with their partners . |
| 2 | Certainly American Intelligence was unable to confirm the worst of the fears . |
| 3 | My husband kicked it in the chest and it flew off but returned shgortly after and attacked the smallest of the dogs pinning it against a stile |
| 4 | Sixsmith , a carrot- haired killer in the box nicknamed Jasper , had earlier scored a stunning goal rated the best of the Games so far . |
| 5 | Sixsmith , a carrot- haired killer in the box nicknamed Jasper , had earlier scored a stunning goal rated the best of the Games so far . |
| 6 | He would have been at the Crystal Palace too , willing me on to my first AAA Championship title , revelling in the rivalry , matching the best of the youngsters from Haringey . |
| 7 | You can really choose the best of the tools and technology for the best users . |
| 8 | The much sought-after Pilot 's Pals Calendar for 1992 features The Best of the Pals . |
| 9 | ‘ It is likely we have not seen the worst of the conditions , ’ he added . |
| 10 | They lined up like some firing-squad as Messrs Shepherd and Palmer did their best to explain the situation , but only television slo-mo replays would have convinced the sternest of the doubters . |
| 11 | He had got the weakest of the Coalitionists , and the one whose health was beginning to fail . |
| 12 | On the bridge the atmosphere was tense ; the sweeping cursor of the radar showed the nearest of the islands , Levenish , to be only a kilometre distant and , although the water was deep enough , there comes a point beyond which no prudent captain will take a liner full of passengers . |
| 13 | The fourth characteristic of each of the three countries is that they have had the luck to avoid the worst of the droughts which have badly affected agriculture and hydro-electric power supplies in many African countries in the 1970s and 1980s . |
| 14 | It was a hard , fast drive through the congested streets , the girl picking her way expertly through the back streets to avoid the worst of the jams . |
| 15 | Back and forth between its two summits , Points 265 and 295 , swayed the opposing forces , locked together in a crescendo of desperation that typified the worst of the months of ceaseless combat on the Left Bank . |
| 16 | He pointed out the sloping white stripes on the walls , whose incline indicated the nearest of the niches providing protection for plate-layers who otherwise might end up under the wheels of one of the expresses which thundered over these rails , bound for famous foreign cities . |
| 17 | He followed the widest of the paths northwards and eventually came to a deserted airfield . |
| 18 | However , as the torchlight danced ahead she gradually lost the worst of the fears that had at first threatened to turn her into a quivering jelly . |
| 19 | The aircraft was so silent , the atmosphere so eerie that as the medical team jumped from the ambulance they all began to fear the worst for the passengers inside — that they might not have survived the shock and impact of the crash landing . |
| 20 | Beginning in the 1940s , they used Beef Shorthorn bulls on Highland cows and crossed the best of the heifers back to the Shorthorn bull , Cruggleton Alastair , and followed this with a careful and deliberate system of inbreeding and then line-breeding to establish the breed , which was officially recognised in 1965 . |
| 21 | He listened and provoked the expression of every opinion — however conflicting — and he then produced a concoction which contained the best of the ingredients from every recipe . |
| 22 | ‘ Swan Light reduced its price from 52p to 32p a can and it performed the best of the nablabs , even out-selling Kaliber , ’ she says . |
| 23 | I do n't mind Chelsea/West Ham getting a bit of praise as they have managers who appear to be ‘ good lads ’ & making the best of the resourses thay have . |
| 24 | You take the biggest of the logs , which is about the size of a man 's arm , and walk softly across the room to the bedroom door . |
| 25 | By arguing that general managers would have to " harness the best of the consensus management approach and avoid the worst of the problems it can present " ( DHSS 1983 : 17 ) , Griffiths appeared to recognise the difficulties of managing a multiprofessional service while seriously underestimating the power of doctors in particular to resist being managed . |
| 26 | Luton had the best of the chances … should have scored at least one … thankfully Swindon managed to escape with a point … |
| 27 | Newcastle had the best of the chances or looked a shade more dangerous in front of goal , but a draw was the right result . |
| 28 | She was about to ask the nearest of the women when she suddenly realised fully what had happened . |
| 29 | That in turn threatens the worst for the teams they face , Cardiff being the first to dip their toe in the water . |
| 30 | But there is a great deal you can do to ease your misery , alleviate the worst of the symptoms and let you join in most of the fine weather fun without spending your days in a darkened room with a crate of Kleenex . |