Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have never said that Just Do It was the hardest route in the world — it 's one of the most difficult , and certainly the hardest of its type — that 's all . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've always said you were the best blacksmith I ever had . ’ |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I still maintain we were the best team in the tournament until injuries caught up with us . |
| 4 | And as they run in er and I always thought it was the best of the show . |
| 5 | A GP once said it was the nearest he ever got to brain surgery . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't get me wrong , I think it 's a tragedy that Glen Canyon Dam was built ; but if I was a farmer in Arizona I 'd probably think it was the greatest thing in the world . ’ |
| 7 | He also claimed it was the largest open system to be employed at a statistic office in Europe , and announced that the company planned to use it as a reference site for national accounting offices in both East and Western Europe . |
| 8 | He also claimed it was the largest open system to be employed at a statistic office in Europe , and announced that the company planned to use it as a reference site for national accounting offices in both East and Western Europe . |
| 9 | I can honestly say it was the greatest thrill I have ever experienced . |
| 10 | ‘ You had n't realized it was the freest way of life and so forth ? ’ |
| 11 | The storm broke as I drove past Woomera on the way back to Port Augusta and locals there said it was the heaviest rain for nearly 200 years . |