Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catriona wiped down the last of her tables and suddenly realised that the conversation around her had stopped . |
| 2 | Pulling his sweater up over his nose and mouth to filter out the worst of the smoke , he left the Control and made to ascend the stairs . |
| 3 | Athletico took on the toughest of opposition by playing a Darlington Groundstaff XI . |
| 4 | Even if the French do not succeed in their present bid to take over the last of the great American GA manufacturers , Piper , it 's hard to see what there is to stop them in their quest . |
| 5 | On the distinction between education and training , we have done a great deal to bring together the best of education and of training . |
| 6 | Even these modest broadcasts show only the best of the bunch . |
| 7 | Riven threw back the last of his beer . |
| 8 | The question elicited perhaps the broadest of Brook 's smiles . |
| 9 | Granny picked up the last of the things they had cleared out of the cupboards and looked at it . |
| 10 | This place has n't the happiest of associations for me . ’ |
| 11 | Meryl handed over the last of the spoils , a nail file and some kind of newspaper cutting , then settled in her seat to give her full attention to the lecture . |
| 12 | All the specially laid-out gardens and stands are in place showing off the best of British gardening . |
| 13 | In addition to seeing the plaintiff in court , I have had the advantage of seeing a video , key one , showing examples of her daily routine taken on the tenth of May nineteen ninety one after she had been at home with her parents for a year . |
| 14 | The forest air was cool on her naked limbs as Adam stripped away the last of her clothes and she was aware of a glorious feeling of freedom , totally devoid of embarrassment , as he gazed at her , his eyes sweeping boldly over her body , drinking their fill . |
| 15 | But with a nation glued to its sets , Hendry handed out the first of many tutorial beatings , which heralded a largely unproductive 2½ seasons for Wattana . |
| 16 | Here Gehlen collected up the thousands of spools of microfilm that over the years he had painstakingly amassed as part of his record of Russian intelligence . |
| 17 | Expertly , the gardener pinned down the last of the net with a wire stake . |
| 18 | Shanks took out the first of several patents for alkali manufacture in the spring of 1841 , for improvements in the manufacture of carbonate of soda . |
| 19 | In the most competitive of the three preliminary rounds , designed to get horses used to the arena before the cup begins in earnest , she and Forester had easily the best of a four horse jump-off . |
| 20 | Here , Boswell raises again the widest of smiles , at the sight of his heart , pulsating with snobbery , on his sleeve : ‘ I was exceedingly pleased with Lord Errol . |
| 21 | Such sentences are hardly likely to deter other executives , particularly when evidence ( to be considered below ) shows that few people think any the worse of them . |
| 22 | It took many months of research on the part of Vanessa Forbes to track down the 21 of Marjorie Worgan 's original class members ( some now grannies ) who managed to attend the surprise lunch she organised for Marjorie 's 80th birthday . |
| 23 | After a while , of course , the woebegone aspect of the crossed-in-love becomes very irritating , especially if one is being unjustly blamed for it , so Lydia ripped out the last of the fluff that formed , as it were , the bird 's underclothes , rose to her feet gripping her pheasant by its knees , and then bent over and kissed Beuno . |
| 24 | Bill drew the curtains to let in the last of the twilight , then , as Faye 's eyes began to adjust , he turned to two low antique glass lamps . |
| 25 | Already weak and exposed where Midnight was concerned , this unexpected consideration broke down the last of the barriers Jess had constructed against the old woman . |
| 26 | Ellis became chief whip in March 1894 when the fifth Earl of Rosebery succeeded Gladstone as prime minister , and found life exceptionally difficult since the Liberals had only the narrowest of majorities . |
| 27 | The plastic version has only the last of these features and is 3 inches in depth . |
| 28 | Other companies reluctantly followed suit , though it was not until 1910 that the Great Western Railway phased out the last of its second-class carriages . |
| 29 | The daunting confines of the Crucible Theatre have been known to make strong men tremble over the simplest of pots , but after what has happened to the unassuming Thai in recent weeks , it will be a shock of seismic proportions if the occasion affects him — even on his debut . |
| 30 | The peasantry , which comprised the majority of the population in the Middle Ages , had no such comfort , for instance : a small hole left in the wattle and daub , covered with a piece of cloth to keep out the worst of the weather represented a ‘ window ’ to them . |