Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] he [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rated him as the best British droll comedian we had . |
| 2 | Dostoevsky underwent a spiritual transformation in Siberia which turned him into the greatest of nineteenth-century writers , but Petrashevskii died there and was buried in unconsecrated ground in 1866 . |
| 3 | Honest enquirers , like the lawyer who asked him about the greatest commandment , were impressed and attracted by his Bible-based teaching ( though , as with the rich young ruler , they did not all respond to it positively ) . |
| 4 | She told him about the latest developments from Zurich while dressing the wound , filling him in on the backgrounds of Hendrique and Milchan as well as relaying Philpott 's instructions . |
| 5 | It became clear to me at Blackpool that there was considerable support for Alec , partly because he made a good speech on foreign policy , partly because he took the chair at my meeting in his capacity as President of the National Union , and partly because of lobbying by back-benchers who saw him as the best compromise candidate . |
| 6 | She sat him in the biggest chair , the one he always hid behind , and looked deep into his eyes . |
| 7 | He turned instinctively against the wind , or nearly , for that way was easiest to control and fortunately it took him towards the greatest darkness . |
| 8 | It does not take much to imagine the effect of this on a group of already dispirited players , all of whom held him in the warmest affection . |