Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then perhaps , sell them to the highest bidder . ’ |
| 2 | In other words , management must continue to develop their own professional skills and sell them to the best bidder . |
| 3 | ‘ We must also fight for the interests of British business in world markets and provide them with the best environment in which they can compete and succeed . ’ |
| 4 | He had watched her apply a smear of eye-black below her lower lashes , then dust it with the palest face-powder until her eyes appeared extra large and dark-rimmed . |
| 5 | If you use terry nappies , wash them on the hottest cycle of the washing machine . |
| 6 | I hold you in the greatest esteem for the peerless courage you displayed in all you undertook . |
| 7 | Christie , so adept at getting the aid of Administration for his own business , knew exactly where to look for help , and approached Lord Ilay through his deputy , Lord Milton , and without any attempt to bargain simply asked for an appointment for his son , promising that it would ‘ forever laye me under the deepest obligationes ’ . |
| 8 | Our negativity may have sent the fire brigade on strike , or even made them uncouple their hoses from that hydrant that gave all that lovely , cool life-giving water that would have quenched the fire and instead couple them to the nearest petrol tank . |
| 9 | They think you are a loony , and drop you in the nearest village . |
| 10 | If you have a call for someone , transfer it to the nearest phone or go over to them to tell them you have a call . |
| 11 | ‘ Tell me about the Highest Science . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Brief me on the latest situation , please , ‘ Q ’ . ’ |
| 13 | From seven in the morning he 'd sit there with the thing pressed to his ear ; to preserve the batteries and to avoid alarming the guards , we always set it at the lowest volume . |
| 14 | compare it against the latest Merc |
| 15 | You approach it along the narrowest road which creeps warily on the side of a steep chalk plateau , one step up from the flat farm land which , after a mile or so , tumbles to West Fleet and over Chesil Beach into the sea . |
| 16 | I find it in the unlikeliest places , many of which had not sold it for at least 25 years . |
| 17 | Motivating the learner to buy the goods and use them to the best advantage . |
| 18 | If you want to grill fast , for instance , turn the control to the large flame symbol ; slow , then turn it to the lowest flame symbol . |
| 19 | Ask it about the Highest Science . ’ |
| 20 | Try it with the best Agatha Christies . |
| 21 | ‘ Take me to the nearest train . |
| 22 | Keep them out of the way , take them through the ugliest country you can find , confess them the miserable things they are , and spend nothing on them but for safety and speed … |
| 23 | Do n't get me wrong , I shall be only too pleased to be able to slam you shut and return you to the darkest corner of my mind . ’ |
| 24 | The magazine Fair Lady carries an advertisement in which a white woman addresses the reader : ‘ I discuss family planning with my domestic and take her to the nearest clinic . |
| 25 | Rory was late for their appointment , and when he arrived , Holdfast told him dourly to close the door and join him at the biggest table . |
| 26 | But though certain extremely powerful individuals — like Kraus and his mother — enslave him , it is people , ‘ ordinary ’ folk who are to him completely extraordinary , who free him from the greatest enchanter of them all — books . |
| 27 | Take it to the nearest station and get the Hell out of here before I change my mind about carting you . |
| 28 | They can see and smell lines and shapes that lead them through the darkest night , point out lines of demarcation , isolate territories . |
| 29 | You see it in the best maitre d'or concierge . |