Example sentences of "[prep] the [adv] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This chapter includes a selection of quotations for the most common subjects you are likely to want to cover : love , marriage , weddings , family , work and hobbies and so on . |
| 2 | I have never had much time for the more esoteric confections you find all over the place . |
| 3 | It would give the American parent group a chance to examine his potential at close quarters and at the same time he would be able to undergo some training to prepare him for the more elevated positions he was destined to occupy in future . |
| 4 | Cargo shares were of course proportioned to rank , but for the more senior officers it could almost guarantee wealth . |
| 5 | Glyndebourne 's ‘ Love of Three Oranges ’ was one of the most spectacular productions they undertook in nineteen eighty two , and the Farnham Maltings ' biggest production of the year was probably their version of the Royal Shakespeare Company 's ‘ Piaff' . |
| 6 | On the way , one night while camping on the sandbanks , the river being now slow in the middle of the Hungarian plain ( Pusca ) , we witnessed one of the most spectacular thunderstorms I have experienced . |
| 7 | The few days I spent on that trip will stay in my mind as some of the most pleasant times I have ever spent . |
| 8 | Less than twenty of them finally made it back to England , alas — but their sale at Sotheby 's made this one of the most profitable ventures we 've ever engaged in , and did much to offset our subsequent post-production costs ! |
| 9 | It was one of the most unsatisfactory whodunnits I 've ever seen . |
| 10 | Two very different ways of launching two of the most uncommon cars you will ever see and at one of the most difficult times ever to hit the motor industry . |
| 11 | Det Chief Supt Mark Waters , head of Gwent CID , said yesterday : ‘ It is one of the most savage murders I 've ever seen . ’ |
| 12 | It certainly made an unusual change from cranberry sauce and was one of the most memorable tastes I experienced in the New World . |
| 13 | King , reviled by many , but acknowledged as an expert in the cynical exploitation of the pop world sniped : ‘ I thought when Kylie Minogue did ‘ I Should Be So Lucky , Lucky , Lucky , ’ it was one of the most awful things I have ever heard . |
| 14 | I that is the one of the most boring things you could ever |
| 15 | I came across one of the most pitiful things I have ever known . |
| 16 | Probably one of the most horrific things I remember on a cricket field . |
| 17 | After we witness the ‘ World Premiere ’ of a new charidy single for ‘ Victims Of War ’ , which is — good intentions aside — probably one of the most hideous experiences we 've had in our lives , a motley crew of indie stars shambles on to the platform . |
| 18 | But it turned out to be one of the most marvellous things we ever did . |
| 19 | A. The Flag or Festive Cichlid , Mesonauta festivus , is one of the most peaceful Cichlids I can think of . |
| 20 | Raper was jailed for two years and Allen for six months , Sir Nicolas saying it was one of the most serious contempts he had ever come across . |
| 21 | The accelerating destruction of the environment is one of the most serious challenges we face today . |
| 22 | That is one of the most serious threats I 've ever made . ’ |
| 23 | It would be equally grave if it had been a burglary charge but he was facing one of the most serious allegations you could make . |
| 24 | Somewhere in there fire fighters learn to tackle some of the most dangerous situations they 'd ever be likely to come up against . |
| 25 | It was one of the most curious things I had ever seen . |
| 26 | She was one of the most curious assassins I had ever met . |
| 27 | In some ways it was one of the most satisfying climbs I 've done . |
| 28 | Jeff is one of the most sporty guys I know . ’ |
| 29 | One of the most fascinating characters she researched was Georgiana , Duchess of Devonshire , a beauty who married at 17 and on whom the tales of three-in-a-bed are centred . |
| 30 | One of the most frequent questions I have been asked about roses goes something like this : ‘ I bought some of the variety x when it was first exhibited at Chelsea and the other shows . |