Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [adj] of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It was universally accepted that no man married merely for love , and many men and women no doubt made the best of the circumstances , and fell in love with their partners .
2 Yet it did , and the batsmen made the most of the conditions .
3 The other girl laid the last of the flowers in position , and slammed the van doors shut .
4 It was at this critical moment that good sense got the better of the others , Big Pat was calmed down and a semblance of order was restored .
5 My husband kicked it in the chest and it flew off but returned shgortly after and attacked the smallest of the dogs pinning it against a stile
6 For this he was profoundly grateful and it stopped the worse of the panics .
7 Sixsmith , a carrot- haired killer in the box nicknamed Jasper , had earlier scored a stunning goal rated the best of the Games so far .
8 Sixsmith , a carrot- haired killer in the box nicknamed Jasper , had earlier scored a stunning goal rated the best of the Games so far .
9 But as she mounted the first of the steps to the front door she sensed someone close to her .
10 Spatz studied the first of the files for a while , then held it out to Hammond .
11 ‘ No , Dad , I told a few of the lads … . ’
12 The menacing tone of Luke 's voice caused a few of the men at the bar to stiffen expectantly : they could sense trouble coming .
13 On the bridge the atmosphere was tense ; the sweeping cursor of the radar showed the nearest of the islands , Levenish , to be only a kilometre distant and , although the water was deep enough , there comes a point beyond which no prudent captain will take a liner full of passengers .
14 It shaped the aesthetic of the lyrics and meditations concerned with the life of Christ which they wrote to convey their understanding imaginatively .
15 Wayne 's film reworked a few of the episodes to form a fictional drama set in 1963 .
16 Back and forth between its two summits , Points 265 and 295 , swayed the opposing forces , locked together in a crescendo of desperation that typified the worst of the months of ceaseless combat on the Left Bank .
17 He pointed out the sloping white stripes on the walls , whose incline indicated the nearest of the niches providing protection for plate-layers who otherwise might end up under the wheels of one of the expresses which thundered over these rails , bound for famous foreign cities .
18 He followed the widest of the paths northwards and eventually came to a deserted airfield .
19 As he reached them he heard the first of the police sirens in the distance .
20 Corbett quietly prayed no wit would cap his remark with some repartee , and blushed as he heard a few of the sisters giggle .
21 Julie pointed out with devastating logic as she corrected the last of the school-books piled up on the large oak refectory table in front of her .
22 However , as the torchlight danced ahead she gradually lost the worst of the fears that had at first threatened to turn her into a quivering jelly .
23 He watched the last of the brothers slip away still awed and silent through the cloister , and followed with a glance the swirl of Robert Bossu 's crimson skirts as he crossed the court with his two attendants at his heels .
24 Emboldened by Carters support , the Shah ordered the publications of the scurrilous attack on Khomeini which precipitated the first of the riots against him and , within a year , had led to his fall , by early 1979 , after what he saw as US failure to support him , and as he now looked for a refuge form Morocco he was less certain .
25 Beginning in the 1940s , they used Beef Shorthorn bulls on Highland cows and crossed the best of the heifers back to the Shorthorn bull , Cruggleton Alastair , and followed this with a careful and deliberate system of inbreeding and then line-breeding to establish the breed , which was officially recognised in 1965 .
26 She saw the taller of the boys hesitate , then touch the arm of the other and lean close to whisper something .
27 So while his real eyes glanced round at another vault of blank green rock , his A eyes saw the first of the ghosts sliding out of the stone to say hi .
28 A moment later he saw the second of the men go down with a sharp groan , clutching his balls .
29 As she collapsed she saw the last of the assassins crumple , his body lifted once then once again as the shells ripped into him .
30 He listened and provoked the expression of every opinion — however conflicting — and he then produced a concoction which contained the best of the ingredients from every recipe .
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