Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [adj -est] [prep] [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 | 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 |
| 3 | Sixsmith , a carrot- haired killer in the box nicknamed Jasper , had earlier scored a stunning goal rated the best of the Games so far . |
| 4 | Sixsmith , a carrot- haired killer in the box nicknamed Jasper , had earlier scored a stunning goal rated the best of the Games so far . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He followed the widest of the paths northwards and eventually came to a deserted airfield . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Swan Light reduced its price from 52p to 32p a can and it performed the best of the nablabs , even out-selling Kaliber , ’ she says . |
| 13 | Luton had the best of the chances … should have scored at least one … thankfully Swindon managed to escape with a point … |
| 14 | Newcastle had the best of the chances or looked a shade more dangerous in front of goal , but a draw was the right result . |
| 15 | The evocative China Heart , with its shifting layers of sound and teasing instrumental textures jumping dramatically into a demented tango , remained the best of the songs but none of them were at all suited to Fionna Duncan 's voice or delivery . |