Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] best " in BNC.
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| 1 | All quite harmless fun , no doubt — even Karen was n't going to seduce her husband 's partners teenage son — but I was not best pleased , especially since Tibbs showed no reciprocal interest in me . |
| 2 | I was n't best pleased to see her . |
| 3 | All the same , she was n't best pleased to be disturbed by a knock on her door as she wrapped herself in a towelling robe and hid her wet hair in a turban after she stepped out of the shower . |
| 4 | She was not best pleased . |
| 5 | He had had ten minutes on the telephone from Downing Street , and the lady resident there was not best pleased . |
| 6 | It was perhaps best summed up by Sir Donald Somervell , the Attorney-General , who was closely yet not responsibly involved throughout , and who was therefore an informed and detached witness : |
| 7 | RONALD EYRE , who has died aged 62 , was an accomplished stage , television and opera director , though he was probably best known for his investigation of religious themes . |
| 8 | As he was all poshed up in his best uniform , ready to go off on a 48-hour pass , he was not best pleased at this turn of events . |