Example sentences of "say [pers pn] was the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kee looked at Karen and said quietly , ‘ Some people say he was the strongest houngan of all , the houngan we call Baron Samedi . ’ |
| 2 | I just turned round and says mine was the cheapest price anyway ! |
| 3 | He says it was the worst day . |
| 4 | We 've had lots of letters saying it was the worst thing we 've ever done . |
| 5 | John Heminges said I was the best properties man in the city . |
| 6 | But the managers I played for all said I was the best professional . |
| 7 | He said I was the healthiest ghost he 'd ever seen ! |
| 8 | The book emerged on Monday , on Wednesday was broadcast as a play , on Thursday Daniel George ( Dan , Dan , the literary man , John calls him ) spoke on the wireless and said she was the greatest writer of her day , and on Sunday morning the book was discussed by a querulous little bunch called ‘ The Critics ’ , who seem to be part of the Establishment , and on Sunday afternoon , lo and behold , the television ( commercial ) went into Braemar Mansions itself , where she was interviewed by Alan Pryce-Jones [ then Editor of The Times Literary Supplement ] … . |
| 9 | She used to say it was the best thing in the house . |
| 10 | The storm broke as I drove past Woomera on the way back to Port Augusta and locals there said it was the heaviest rain for nearly 200 years . |
| 11 | He 'd got all the er information about it when he came and he said it was the best type of covering if you 've got dogs or cats . |
| 12 | He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’ |
| 13 | Another , a veteran who 's been sorting out homesick Latins for years , said it was the greatest treat , once in a while , to get them to cook something just-a like-a Mama used to make . |
| 14 | People said it was the finest playhouse in England . |
| 15 | Someone said it was the worst paper they had ever seen . |
| 16 | Lowther , with numerous climbing trips to Greenland behind him , said it was the hardest route he had done there . |
| 17 | Some said it was the happiest day of their long lives . |
| 18 | Ray Bellringer , a national park spokesman , said it was the biggest event of its kind in the recorded history of the mountain . |
| 19 | In a letter of ‘ unanimous support ’ published in the Times today , the ten board members said he was the best person to lead the corporation . |
| 20 | Madonna said he was the sexiest man in the world . |
| 21 | I can honestly say it was the greatest thrill I have ever experienced . |
| 22 | I must say it was the worst experience of my life , each time I looked over the stable door the most terrible thoughts went through my mind : what if he was lying down ? |