Example sentences of "of [det] [art] [adj] [noun pl] i " in BNC.
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1 | Suddenly it came home to me with tremendous force that this was my last chance , the very last of all the countless chances I had thrown away just like this , because I had been too lazy or too proud to exploit them properly . |
2 | But of all the damn fighters I ever did see , |
3 | Yet of all the lame ducks I 've met or heard of , she 's the lamest . |
4 | Why are they so special to me , these two , why do I remember that one kiss out of all the other romances I knew about there in that place on that particular Friday evening , why do I remember it , do I actually remember it all or just want to ? |
5 | Howard was a revelation to me because his parents were n't intellectuals like the parents of all the other children I knew . |
6 | ‘ Of all the low points I suffered , one of the worst was when I was deprived of the chance of winning a third world cross country title because I was n't allowed to compete in 1988 , ’ explained the 26-year-old . |
7 | The American naturalist William T. Hornaday gives this excellent description of the reptile : ‘ Gharials are the smoothest of all the large crocodiles I have been privileged to handle . |
8 | You taste of all the sweet things I 've ever imagined . ’ |
9 | For his own successor he suggested Rohde , " the ablest of all the younger philologists I have known " , and with a disarming naivety he added : " I can not express how profoundly my life here in Basle would be alleviated by the presence of my best friend . " |