Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lady prioress glowered at me , shrugged , and with ill grace took me back to her own chamber across the cloister garden where she poured me the smallest goblet of wine I had ever seen . |
| 2 | It contained four sheets of paper closely covered in unfamiliar handwriting , and it was a measure of how relaxed he was that it took him the best part of a minute to realise that he was holding a copy of the letter written by Ruggerio Miletti to his family three days previously . |
| 3 | For me , it was sufficient satisfaction that Eliot had approved my essay ; that he considered it the best thing I had done ; and that I had been one of the few to express opinions which had his total concurrence . |
| 4 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
| 5 | ‘ And you gave me the best ! ’ |
| 6 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 7 | And they gave him the rowdiest send-off of the campaign . |
| 8 | Not only was Pumblechook 's elbow in my eye , but I was n't allowed to speak , and they gave me the worst pieces of meat . |
| 9 | Donna joined him and he found her the shortest ones , saying , ‘ You have the short ones . |
| 10 | If he showed them the latest Washington telegram which he had seen before his departure [ KPs 66 and 85 ] , they would have been made aware that although they had to exercise the utmost restraint for the time being , a new and firmer policy might soon be adopted . |
| 11 | But I told him the best publishers to try — the pink-ohs , you know . |
| 12 | He said he liked us and wanted us to come back , though he liked me the best … |