Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not everyone wants to pay for the highest level of service available , so clients can select the level of service they require . |
| 2 | I tried to think of the worst thing that Quigley had done . |
| 3 | I want to know about the nearest sports centre and the types of sport which go on there . |
| 4 | He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box . |
| 5 | He seems to assume I 'm about as liberal-minded as Genghis Khan and the annoying thing is , when he talks to me , I start sounding like the worst sort of reactionary . |
| 6 | I used to be able to , but just lately I 've found it 's impossible ; once I 'm awake I start worrying about the silliest things . ’ |
| 7 | I had fallen for the oldest James Brown/James Brown joke in the book . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've worked with the best actors . |
| 9 | I have felt embarrassed because I 've had to meet people afterwards who I who I who I care what they think about me and I 've put in the biggest load of old rubbish . |
| 10 | My own taste is so eclectic ( or should I say conditioned by the cheapest bargain available ) that I am not evangelical on behalf of any product — except perhaps Valpeda foot balm , which soothes the weary feet better than anything I know , softens hard skin and banishes athlete 's foot . |
| 11 | The only significant difference that I have observed in the Best Bitter from Newcastle is that it has a much higher level of secondary fermentation in the cellar . |
| 12 | I have returned from the toughest trial that I have ever seen I he had already been wounded , for the third time , near Douaumont on February 25th ] — four days and four nights — ninety-six hours — the last two days soaked in icy mud — under terrible bombardment , without any shelter other than the narrowness of the trench , which even seemed to be too wide ; not a hole , not a dugout , nothing , nothing . |
| 13 | Will the Prime Minister come out of his ivory tower across the road , put his photo calls on hold and face up to his responsibility for the past 13 years of Government mismanagement , which has culminated in the worst economic crisis since the 1930s ? |
| 14 | The remaining three thousand million years or so have been taken up by the slow process of biological evolution , which has led from the simplest organisms to beings who are capable of measuring time back to the big bang . |
| 15 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the one existing example of convergence in Europe is the convergence of west Germany and east Germany , which has resulted in the highest inflation and interest rates that Germany has ever had , and which is costing Britain at least 1.5 per cent . |
| 16 | I turned to find that somebody had capsized in the shallowest part of the river . |
| 17 | Following the elections to the Basque parliament on Oct. 28 , 1990 , the formation of a new regional government had been delayed for three months due to the breakdown of talks between the two parties which had made up the previous governing coalition — the Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ) , which had emerged as the largest single party , with 22 seats , and the Basque Socialist Party ( PSE-PSOE ) which had been beaten into second place . |
| 18 | He cursed himself inwardly for this sudden indisposition , which had come at the worst possible moment . |
| 19 | Do you do you want to comment on the lowest figure ? |
| 20 | She wants to play at the highest standard . |
| 21 | IF YOU WANT to live in the dampest homes in England , rent a house or flat privately . |
| 22 | She tried to think of the simplest way of conveying this . |
| 23 | After you 'd knocked off the highest and lowest assessments of the five judges , three scores still counted . |
| 24 | Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best . |
| 25 | She hated losing at the best of times but this was the worst . |
| 26 | I think I could probably send a return on Tuesday erm but I 'd rather wait because if I can send stuff properly done rather than you know done to the latest or or the the pre-latest system then I will . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh Lydia , ’ said Betty , ‘ you do think of the weirdest things . ’ |
| 28 | What you do have on the furthest extent of Nottingham , are the council estates of Rise Park , Bestwood Park , and Top Valley in the North . |
| 29 | ‘ Now ’ , said my guide , ‘ you 've seen about the finest thing in corridors and new main line coaches , so come and have a look at our new Watford locals — the best locals , bar none , in the Kingdom ’ . |
| 30 | She inched towards him , daring him to move before she had shaken off the latest man to accost her . |