Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She has n't the slightest interest in Monpazier .
2 He simply replies that he has n't the faintest idea .
3 He has n't the faintest idea of how things really stand . ’
4 Every golfer in the world experiences that awful feeling of helplessness when he stands over a putt and knows that he has not the slightest chance of getting the ball near the hole , let alone into it .
5 The hon. Gentleman is really behaving disgracefully — — when he accuses British Rail of negligence before an inquiry has even begun , and when he has not the slightest idea of what caused that accident .
6 Third largest in terms of oil , it has easily the largest gas resources in the Middle East being second only to the USSR on a world scale .
7 The top riders never appear to be hurrying — in fact Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up the fastest time of the day .
8 Lucky that I carry it around with me ; and that it bears not the faintest resemblance to Daniel . ’
9 Johnny Hero played the between set music — again proving that he hosts easily the best disco in town .
10 Very little glass is wholly untouched from the time it is drawn or blown from the melt , and it takes only the lightest contact to create an elaborate crack pattern .
11 He draws out the richest tones that he is capable of here .
12 It remains today the largest Chantry Guild within the Church of England with its own chantry priest , and survives on the contributions of its members , gifts and bequests .
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