Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told the Echo today : ‘ Hopefully I 'm looking at the best year of my life . |
| 2 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 3 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 4 | I was hoping for the best , never believing this sort of thing could happen to my own little horse . |
| 5 | Nobody had told me what a cinema or a film was , and certainly nothing about the concept of an animated cartoon ; and I was taken into the largest enclosed space I 'd ever seen , into a crowd of strangers , put on a seat , and the lights went out . |
| 6 | Because the most celebrated of these — the Trianon — was at first full , I was put into the second-best , the Novotel . |
| 7 | In no time I was rolling with the best of them and filling the intervals between wines by chewing a morsel of cheese . |
| 8 | When I eventually arrived at the hospital I was feeling in the best of spirits and apparently shook the sisters by asking them to bring on the dancing girls . ’ |
| 9 | They are unaffected by the weight attendant to luxurious living quarters which are built to the highest standards . |
| 10 | Properties in the NatWest venture include 40–53 Threadneedle Street and 1–18 Old Broad Street , which are considered among the best addresses in the City . |
| 11 | Yet it is noticeable that Italy 's most successful industries are those which are subjected to the greatest degree of competition domestically , such as the tile and ceramic producers , or the clothing business . |
| 12 | Its been described as the greatest human catastophe on earth … hundreds of thousands have died in Somalia … two million more are seriously at risk … relief workers … even those used to suffering … find the enormity of the task they face difficult to cope with . |
| 13 | All knew that they would have to pass through what has been described as a maelstrom , and that they would have to rely on the seamanship of their coxswain to reach the relative safety of open water ; there would be no second chance in conditions which were described as the worst in living memory . ’ |
| 14 | At the end of the trial period all the diaries are collated , most importance being attached to those effects which were produced in the greatest number of provers . |
| 15 | Only then is it awarded the ‘ Lur ’ mark which is given to the highest quality Danish products . |
| 16 | Just down the road is the fantastic club , ‘ Future Pace ’ , which is regarded as the best disco on the island , with its ritzy piano bar and restaurant on the roof terrace . |
| 17 | Inside is a long , uncarpeted prison-like corridor with bedrooms on either side of it , a television lounge which is furnished in the drabbest possible manner and a recreation room which contains nothing but a few wooden chairs and tables . |
| 18 | Worry leads to fear which leads to panic which is acknowledged as the greatest danger incurred in canoeing . |
| 19 | Nomura Computer Systems , which is owned by the largest Japanese securities house , ranks third among the largest information service companies . |
| 20 | As you might well expect , Microsoft Windows played a key role at the COMDEX exhibition , a single section of which was dedicated to the largest ever demonstration of third-party Windows applications . |
| 21 | One essential paradox is that it is those groups who are poorest in terms of resources to cope with difficulties who are beset with the greatest problems . |
| 22 | The analysis of patterns of class based inequality that has been presented so far clearly indicates the existence of people who experience considerably disadvantaged life chances , those for example who are found among the lowest 20 per cent of income earners . |
| 23 | The same question , that lack of influence on Labour authorities who are behaving like the worst Tory employers , has to be posed in relation to a number of situations throughout the country . |
| 24 | YOU ARE INVITED TO THE BIGGEST CANINE BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER |
| 25 | I had already loosened the overcoat and was thinking as I looked at him , This very minute you are going on the longest journey a man ever takes and you have n't a frigging clue . |
| 26 | IN YOUR OWN INTEREST YOU ARE ADVISED IN THE STRONGEST TERMS TO CHECK WITH OPERATORS THE INFORMATION GIVEN HEREIN AND ANY OTHER MATTERS WHICH YOU WISH TO RAISE BEFORE MAKING YOUR BOOKING . |
| 27 | You are surrounded by the latest edition of the N C V O News , so you know that this is the last occasion . |
| 28 | When you 're dealing with the smallest cogs in a ‘ million pound train-set ’ which in any case will not be operational for decades , how can you think to exchange these with a human life ? |
| 29 | From the plush Connolly hide leather sofa and chairs in the living room to the Bang and Olufsen stereo , and remote control television complete with video , you 're surrounded by the HIGHEST QUALITY . |
| 30 | ’ — then you 're talking of the worst catcher ever not signed by the New York Giants . ’ |