Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] was the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet he realized it was the best he was likely to get from Nora and that , on balance , he would do well to think of it as ‘ Nora 's apology , ’ accept it as such , and hope that these aberrations in her behaviour would die away . |
| 2 | He says it was the worst day . |
| 3 | But he insisted it was the best way to banish the bitterness of the recent past . |
| 4 | Like any good manager Donald Wilson chose David Whitaker to story edit Doctor Who because he felt he was the best man for the job . |
| 5 | After drinking with a friend , Mr. Clarkson , in 1803 , he declares it was the best time he had had since he came into Westmorland . |
| 6 | He said I was the healthiest ghost he 'd ever seen ! |
| 7 | He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |