Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj -est] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |
| 2 | They all loved it , thought it was the greatest thing they 'd ever drunk . ’ |
| 3 | Thought it was the funniest thing since the invention of piles . ’ |
| 4 | I told Diana [ Vreeland ] and she thought it was the chicest thing she ever heard . |
| 5 | He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’ |