Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb past] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But yesterday she said : ‘ My boss said the best thing would be to get back to work as normal and I feel better for coming in straight away . ’ |
| 2 | Her hand waved in front of her and she said : ‘ My daughter wrote the best art book ever written . |
| 3 | Neither of my children showed the merest inclination to follow me into journalism or television . |
| 4 | When we arrived at the market town , my master hired the largest room in the public house , and placed me upon the table there . |
| 5 | Her charms increased every day , not only in my eye but in the eyes of all who beheld her , for my mother took the greatest delight in her waiting maid . |
| 6 | Here was someone who would help her push the car into the side of the road , who would know in which direction lay the nearest house , who would be a companion on her walk . |
| 7 | The furore on the Conservative side raged all year ; it has been continually claimed ever since that RPM cost Home the October 1964 election , in which Labour won the slimmest majority of four seats . |
| 8 | Which years saw the greatest growth in headhunting ? |
| 9 | Furthermore , their ascendancy accompanied the severest phase of the recession , which gave them the added incentive to try something different as some of their own areas were among the hardest hit . |
| 10 | Maybe it 's because she has the most substantial female role in any of Stone 's films to date — or maybe it 's because her character suffered the saddest fate in the backsweep of Jim Morrison 's downfall . |
| 11 | For only in the formal processes of the courts was there any common alternative to the use of force ; and in most European countries throughout the period of this book kings and their officers had the greatest difficulty in preventing might from proving stronger than right : disorder was endemic , justice weak — but none the less sought after and admired for being in short supply . |
| 12 | Mada Joyce also told the truth , which Martha considered the best virtue an adult could possess . |
| 13 | And their father became the happiest man in the whole kingdom . |
| 14 | It was commonly held that the first lord to whom he had sworn fealty had the first call on his service ; but in some cases it was held that the richest fief gave the vassal his strongest obligation ; or again , that it depended on the circumstances , on which lord had the greatest need — a lord must be helped if he was fighting in self-defence , but his claim was less if he was fighting in someone else 's defence ; or the vassal might be expected to fight on both sides , that is to say , to provide troops for both armies . |
| 15 | There was Britain — the country with which Iran had the longest association and with which many Iranians had an almost neurotic relationship . |
| 16 | Indeed , in a recent independent survey by a leading German University , the Esslingen Technical College , of over 20 selected brands of tennis rackets , in which the aim was to establish which racket had the best vibration dampening properties , the Protagon TM 500 came out top . |
| 17 | Her face registered the slightest feeling , concealing little . |
| 18 | The students I talked to here were Bryony Langworth who had designed an attractive coffee and tea service ; Christina Kirk , whose glass I admired ; Steven Keegan who had done a series of animal sculptures , one of which he sold to Dame Mary Soames ; Julie Sellars whose water sculpture for Shaftesbury Avenue 1990 looked most attractive ; Theresa Czyzewicz whose jewellery entailed the finest workmanship and was very pretty ; Clive van Heerden who was in a wheelchair near his exhibition as I arrived . |
| 19 | At any rate , the night 's most repeatable joke concerned the three bairns talking in the playground about whose dad had the fastest job . |
| 20 | Quite apart from the facts , however , his Lordship found the greatest difficulty in seeing that the claim was made out in law . |
| 21 | But neither of his partners had the remotest idea of the existence of Levels Two and Three . |
| 22 | The hon. Member for Neath ( Mr. Hain ) easily won the prize for the longest words in the debate , but that does not mean that his speech had the best content . |
| 23 | 1 Do you think your group produced the best answer to the problem ? 2 Did you get a fair chance to express your opinion ? |
| 24 | Was it up here above Aurillac that one of our party found the best picnic place in France ? |