Example sentences of "[vb base] it [be] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every year in October we say it is the finest thing in the garden . |
| 2 | ‘ Where they have dug the hole is a main junction , they say it is the worst place for the leak , where the water is separated . |
| 3 | A family who 've been saved from eviction by an anonymous donor say it 's the best Christmas present they could have hoped for . |
| 4 | ‘ I never say it 's the best car in the world , ’ he replied , ’ but I believe we are the best at making a car in our class . |
| 5 | It 's because they ca n't afford to keep them in , but they say it 's the latest therapy technique . |
| 6 | Police say it 's the worst assault they 've seen , and they 're asking for information from the criminal underworld . |
| 7 | The team from St Tiggywinkles say it 's the worst disaster they 've ever seen . |
| 8 | I know it 's the best thing that ever happened to me . |
| 9 | But I felt guilty about her being in a Home … she just had to go in in the end — and I know it 's the best place , it 's safe and she has company all the time … ’ |
| 10 | Yeah he 's a very you know it 's funny I know it 's the worst time to do a phone in actually because people are doing other oh I 've got me foot caught in the whatsit but erm I thought I thought we 'd get loads of people on saying I 'd been very rude saying that this was er er er nation of animal haters and abusers . |
| 11 | When W. H. Auden once found him playing that game and asked him why he seemed to relish it , he reflected gravely and then replied , " Well , I suppose it 's the nearest thing to being dead " . |
| 12 | As far as we believe it is the best thing for the school . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I reckon it 's the best burger I 've ever had outside the US . ’ |
| 14 | And they reckon it was the best class of of er Douglas fir they ever had . |
| 15 | I reckon it was the hardest job next to coal-mining . |
| 16 | TO JOG — Jogging is popular and many claim it is the best way to exercise . |
| 17 | I mean it 's the best way to do it anyway , anyway , we should n't have . |
| 18 | In 12 days or sections of two days or more , always with high and low alternatives , we think it 's the best Lakeland route ever . |
| 19 | Yeah well I I I obviously I would say this but er I think it 's the best opportunity that people have for a career direction because we we 've redirected a lot of people 's careers in this aspect . |
| 20 | Now I in terms of the fine letter of P P G twelve erm erm er that is not entirely consistent , but looking at the special circumstances of Greater York , erm erm and the long time you 've spent on this , trying to reassure the public that we will do this properly , we think it 's the best way to proceed . |
| 21 | Whereas most students think it 's the best place to be . |
| 22 | ‘ We all think it 's the best thing for you , to see something of life beyond the dale . ’ |
| 23 | They have a filing system , and the procedure for it which is about two pages is highly efficient , and the engineers think it 's the best thing since sliced bread . |
| 24 | I think it 's the best book I ever read . |
| 25 | I think it 's the greatest game in the world . ’ |
| 26 | THE children at Mother Theresa School think it 's the funniest school on Merseyside . |
| 27 | THE children at Mother Theresa School think it 's the funniest school on Merseyside . |
| 28 | THE children at Mother Theresa School think it 's the funniest school on Merseyside . |
| 29 | ‘ I think it 's the nicest colour in any European army . ’ |
| 30 | I think it 's the biggest load of shite , simple as that ’ ( FN 13/9/87 , pp. 5–6 ) , although a senior officer was prepared to explain his antagonism more fully : |