Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rated him as the best British droll comedian we had . |
| 2 | I hold you in the greatest esteem for the peerless courage you displayed in all you undertook . |
| 3 | Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst . |
| 4 | I find it in the unlikeliest places , many of which had not sold it for at least 25 years . |
| 5 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 6 | I have nothing but the highest admiration for the quality and devotion of the work they have put into the care of the plaintiff over the last six and a half years . |
| 7 | I had no money , and she helped me over the worst times . |
| 8 | ‘ But you want more outlets for KITS and you want them in the best and most expensive locations . ’ |
| 9 | She told him about the latest developments from Zurich while dressing the wound , filling him in on the backgrounds of Hendrique and Milchan as well as relaying Philpott 's instructions . |
| 10 | ‘ At last Bertha managed to reach some big , sweet-smelling myrtle bushes , and she hid herself in the thickest bush . |
| 11 | Now you 'll then have to look and see if they tell you to give it to the nearest metre or the nearest maybe the nearest maybe the nearest point one of a metre or three significant figures or three decimal places . |
| 12 | You approach it along the narrowest road which creeps warily on the side of a steep chalk plateau , one step up from the flat farm land which , after a mile or so , tumbles to West Fleet and over Chesil Beach into the sea . |
| 13 | Everyone will be free to enjoy themselves as they wish , but we shall be arranging a programme of optional sightseeing excursions and activities on a daily basis , which will ensure you miss nothing of the best the region has to offer . |
| 14 | Could you advise me on the best type of sash cramp to buy ? |
| 15 | You see it in the best maitre d'or concierge . |
| 16 | You have nothing but the silliest of complaints against him . |
| 17 | She sat him in the biggest chair , the one he always hid behind , and looked deep into his eyes . |
| 18 | I ca n't see how we 've had a revue in nineteen eighty-eight which has recommended a very specific course of action , none of which appears to have been implemented , I do n't see how we get a report which describes er , the intention of the county council as maintaining the ethos of the County Farms , whatever that is , as I , I do n't recall any decisions like that , and certainly if we 've made one , I 'd be interested in being party to changing it , I think wha what we have to say is we 've got a lot of land , are we using it to the best interest of the people of Wiltshire , and that is one thing it 's addressing , not a , a way of preserving the County Estates as they are , not a way of keeping a hundred and twenty farmers and their families erm , as tenants of Wiltshire , I mean they 're not gon na be out of jobs are they ? |
| 19 | Our canvas stretcher-beds were quickly drenched with blood , because we used them for the worst wounded — the others had to be laid on the tiled floor . |
| 20 | ‘ We want nothing but the best , as befits our new status as full partners in Europe . ’ |
| 21 | And why do we do it in the cruellest possible ways ? |
| 22 | ‘ We see ourself as the biggest club in Britain , with a stadium to match , and we feel we are among the top five clubs in Europe . |
| 23 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 24 | I might just as well ask him to drive me to the nearest station . |
| 25 | They advised me of the best route to take home — and by the best they meant the most fun , not the quickest . |
| 26 | The surprise here is that they did it with the best , very purest intentions , poor lambs . |
| 27 | it 's not a reflex action that the Labour Party somehow engages in , but there are things that we need to rave raise revenue for , such as investment in the economy , like our social policies , and that the way that we will raise revenue is that we we will have a fair taxation system , that is very straightforward , and agreed by the Party , unlike the Conservatives who firstly do n't recognize there is any purpose in investment in the economy , public investment , or investment in social policies they do n't agree with , and secondly , when they do have to raise money they do it in the unfairest possible way , penalizing most those who can least |
| 28 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |
| 29 | Such a false position was not for her , nor for her was the taunt of cowardice , so she smiled and assented , and allowed him to drag her into the sparsest area of the room . |
| 30 | He flung himself on the nearest sofa . |