Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pron] [be] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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1 | When people are ringing about their relatives in the Gulf , er they just want to know what is the latest , are they coming out , this kind of thing . |
2 | He admitted : ‘ Seve and I are different personalities but we do have one thing in common — we want to prove we are the best . |
3 | Erm I shall pass no comment on those , but I do know whose was the lowest bid . |
4 | I do know she was the subtlest of nags . |
5 | The most powerful ‘ lessons in wizardry ’ are those taken for the learning of shamanic powers , and in the Piaroa theory of knowledge , men who do undergo them are the best hunters in Piaroaland , even if they rarely hunt ( Overing 1988 ) . |
6 | Erm , but I do believe who is the best person for the job . |
7 | Peter Black , whose Daily Mail colleague Shaun Usher had voiced reservations , wrote , ‘ Raymond Allen 's Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em is the best visual comedy I 've ever seen on TV . |
8 | Erm , there is a very small chance that he 's going to say , all the time that I was on , on top of Everest , er , I was thinking about you , because I 've heard you 're the best thing since sliced wholemeal bread , I have three thousand people that I want to put through a programme in the next six weeks . |
9 | A ride with the soldiers who 've shown they 're the best badger bunker builders in Britain . |
10 | They 've discovered we 're the oldest family in the whole county , going back a long way ! |
11 | Andrew relishes the challenge : ‘ You have to believe you are the best in your role in the country and I know Stuart shares that view . |
12 | ‘ I ca n't believe what 's happened today , but I have to say it was the best 45 minutes I 've had since coming back , ’ he smiled . |