Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [verb] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been leaving the worst to last . |
| 2 | I have been driving the best of the best-selling model , the X2 1.5 hatchback , updated at the last Motor Show . |
| 3 | She has been voted the best assistant in the store by her colleagues , and goes on to the next leg of the competition , the district semi-finals on April 10th . |
| 4 | So far you have been finding the highest number that can be divided into each example without leaving a remainder . |
| 5 | ‘ This particular evening we 'd been to see the latest Lloyd Webber musical and I was high on the music , treading on air … ’ |
| 6 | Solid fuel is the heating fuel we have been using the longest . |
| 7 | It has been given the lowest efficiency target in the country by the Government 's new Passenger 's Charter . |
| 8 | ‘ It has been called the quickest personal growth experience you can have . |
| 9 | He 'd been fearing the worst but , no , the boy undressed him , and there it was standing up proudly , machinery in full working order once again , ready for action . |
| 10 | His education was placed in the hands of a series of military tutors , and before the pathetic little boy was seven he had been appointed the youngest corporal in the Prussian Army and made to congratulate his father on his thirtieth birthday in full uniform . |