Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [be] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eleanor felt they were the funniest letters she 'd ever written ; Nigel brought out the best in her writing . |
| 2 | Dot thought it was the loveliest book she 'd ever seen . |
| 3 | Seven months before , while Castile was — in his intemperate view — still dithering , he had set sail from Santa Maria for the coastal town of Acla , at what Indians told him was the narrowest and least topographically inconvenient part of the Panamanian isthmus . |
| 4 | Although no one yesterday was able to confirm this as a record defeat , club officials admitted it was the biggest thrashing in their memories . |
| 5 | Wilkinson thought it was the worst header of his career ! |
| 6 | Carrie thought it was the saddest sound site had ever heard . |
| 7 | Duncan said it was the best that he had ever seen . |
| 8 | Do you know , when television came it was the biggest event in our lives , for women . |
| 9 | People said it was the finest playhouse in England . |
| 10 | Organiser John Morgans said it was the biggest and best ever and confirmed the festival will go ahead next year , though where is not certain as Darlington prepare to move from McMullen Road to start what they hope is a new era of success . |
| 11 | In a letter of ‘ unanimous support ’ published in the Times today , the ten board members said he was the best person to lead the corporation . |
| 12 | My children said it is the best learning game they have played , and I agree with them even though I still land in the water in level two . |
| 13 | He was selected because those responsible for choosing the successor to a hugely popular MP considered he was the best candidate . |
| 14 | Both Bryan Robson and Alex Ferguson said it was the best they had ever seen a Wimbledon side play — it makes a change to get credit when it 's due . ’ |
| 15 | William said it was the best political occasion he could remember since he had heard Aneurin Bevan speak in South Wales during the war . |
| 16 | Wilko said he s the best athlete he has seen playing football . |
| 17 | Madonna said he was the sexiest man in the world . |
| 18 | Sir Richard Sutton said it was the biggest meet the Cottesmore had seen that year . |
| 19 | Even some Right-wing opposition politicians reckoned it was the best Mr Mitterrand could have done in the circumstances . |
| 20 | John Heminges said I was the best properties man in the city . |