Example sentences of "it [was/were] the best " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , it was the best I could do at short notice . ’ |
| 2 | Still , it was the best week yet . |
| 3 | But he insisted it was the best way to banish the bitterness of the recent past . |
| 4 | It was the best Australian performance so far , by a long way . |
| 5 | It was the best lesson I 've ever had , and it came at just the right time . ’ |
| 6 | It was the best way to make a snug billet for himself . |
| 7 | However , Timisoara remains crucial in Hungarian calculations as it was the best example of co-operation between all ethnic groups and a good omen for the future . |
| 8 | For a new chancellor , presenting a budget for an unpopular government , it was the best he could do . |
| 9 | For the first time in recent years , payments to producers showed no increase , at 20.2p/litre , although Mr Howie pointed out it was the best figure among the five UK boards . |
| 10 | I was conducting Elektra in Berlin — I think it was around the time of his 75th birthday — and at the end he came and said to me it was the best performance of the opera he had ever heard . |
| 11 | It was the best meal I had in Czechoslovakia . |
| 12 | Even some Right-wing opposition politicians reckoned it was the best Mr Mitterrand could have done in the circumstances . |
| 13 | It was the best winning total in the competition and the first victory by a local player . |
| 14 | ‘ It was the best news I have had in six and a half years . ’ |
| 15 | It was the best thing that happened to her . |
| 16 | It was the best rock 'n' roll picture ever made because it was anti-rock 'n' roll . |
| 17 | Duncan said it was the best that he had ever seen . |
| 18 | With Brian Barnes it was the best of the day . |
| 19 | It was the best round of golf for conditions like those I 'd ever seen , or have seen since . |
| 20 | It was the best thing that could have happened to him — he was out of the way of everybody . |
| 21 | It was the best way with grieving — drown it . |
| 22 | It was the best I could do . ’ |
| 23 | Arcand 's witty , thought-provoking movie upset a few people at Cannes , where it was the best film on show . |
| 24 | It was the best news for us possible . |
| 25 | After drinking with a friend , Mr. Clarkson , in 1803 , he declares it was the best time he had had since he came into Westmorland . |
| 26 | Lunch was an omelette and a salad and cheese and bread , and it was the best meal we 'd eaten all holiday . |
| 27 | It was the best she 'd felt since Ascot . |
| 28 | Made from peanuts , nougat , and chunks of glacé cherry , and covered in a thick coating of milk chocolate , it was the best candy bar that he 'd ever come across . |
| 29 | It was the best he could do at short notice . |
| 30 | It was the best decision I have ever made in my life . |