Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun sg] at the [adj -est] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Babies are n't her favourite subject at the best of times .
2 Their skin was a mouldy grey , while gravity had gathered their uncirculating blood at the lowest points — under the chin , the undersides of the limbs , and around the area of the lower ribs , buttocks and kidneys .
3 Almost at once she was aiming her brightest smile at the nearest Ardakkean , who proved himself to be a male by grinning back at her and swelling his chest manfully .
4 The possibility of an encounter with their descendants , and the inevitability of the conflict which would follow , was the recurring nightmare which disturbed sleep at the highest levels of the Imperium .
5 The lanky Moody rode his luck to score his second century at the highest level .
6 TREVOR FRANCIS spent the whole of his playing career at the highest level and is now making it clear he 's not going to drop those standards as a manager .
7 ‘ Then I suggest we reconvene our own meeting at the earliest possible opportunity .
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