Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He flung himself on the nearest sofa . |
| 2 | No hearts were going to be broken , he told her with the frankest face , if he were to run off with a Protestant and have a dozen kids . |
| 3 | He told us about the longest race in Norway ; he had taken part and had done very well , finishing very close to the front of the ‘ amateur ’ racers ( as opposed to those who race dogs for a living ) . |
| 4 | While Blanche tries to pass him in one of the passages he grabs her and he hurts her in the cruellest and most brutal way . |
| 5 | But again the questions — was Boswell telling the truth about Johnson , or was he presenting him in the best possible light ? |
| 6 | He regards it as the greatest force at man 's disposal . |
| 7 | He took her to the biggest house , whose womenfolk she knew well . |
| 8 | He thought it about the stupidest remark he 'd ever made — and so did she by the look on her face . |
| 9 | He treated her with the greatest courtesy , concerned that she should not be tired , or bored ; that the holiday should be nothing less than perfect . |
| 10 | I 'm sure he meant it for the best — I always told you , he means well — but I have to admit , he 's not an easy man to talk to . |
| 11 | ‘ You should know you 'll not change your father now and he means everything for the best for the whole house , ’ she argued forcibly but the strain was showing on her own drawn , anxious features . |
| 12 | He had nothing but the highest praise for you , sir . |
| 13 | The blue eyes regarded the world with the slightly cynical assurance of a man accustomed to getting what he wanted when he wanted it by the simplest of expedients , that of paying for it . |
| 14 | " But Comrade Alice , " he reproved her in the gentlest way , " it is important . |
| 15 | For instance , when we did Jesus He Knows Me on the newest album , he said ‘ Live , I think we 'll want a guitar solo at the end of this , and it has to be a kind of fast , frantic type of guitar solo . ’ |