Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To my disappointment I realized that the nearest group was in Manchester , which was too far away to be useful . |
| 2 | Careful thought had to be given to assembly and I found that the easiest way was to join all the inner to the outer legs first , making eight rectangular frames . |
| 3 | I determined that the best way to find out would be to take part in a National Trust Acorn Project , week-long holidays between March and October which are open to anyone over the age of sixteen . |
| 4 | Remembering what had happened to me the last time I entered this unhappy house , remembering too that I was an escaped jailbird , whom most of the Frankenstein menage would not hesitate to give back into custody , I decided that the wisest course was to keep the place under observation and wait until I could be sure to speak to Victor . |
| 5 | ‘ I decided that the best way to show what was possible was to build scaled-down , working models , ’ said Ken . |
| 6 | I decided that the best course of action was to do my turning first , followed by the seat , then the shaped components and finally jointing and assembly . |
| 7 | Considering there was no one to look after her at Lomond View , I decided that the best place for her was with me . ’ |
| 8 | I decided that the best thing to do was to go home . |
| 9 | I decided that the best thing to do was to leave the porch just in case anyone came along , and to kill the time I needed to kill somewhere else . |
| 10 | Ron and I thought that the best way to arrange this would be for me to interview the Prince about his uncle , and to tack the result on to the end of the obituary programme . |
| 11 | I thought that the best thing that I could do , anticipating the worst , would be to start on one entitled Italy 's Betrayal . |
| 12 | I said that the best thing he could do for the whites was to demonstrate to the blacks that they fully supported the widest possible franchise , and that if he did that he would emerge as a statesman , with a statesman 's view of his responsibilities . |