Example sentences of "said [pers pn] [be] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | John Heminges said I was the best properties man in the city . |
2 | But the managers I played for all said I was the best professional . |
3 | He said I was the healthiest ghost he 'd ever seen ! |
4 | 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 ] … . |
5 | Bernstein recently said it 's the best Salome he 's ever seen . |
6 | off the kitchen and ru and runs the boiler , he said it 's the best kind you can get , nothing should come in there . |
7 | Yeah , he said it 's the best move I ever made he said getting out of here |
8 | yeah , he said it 's the best move I ev he said I do n't , the lads do n't give me any trouble he says I 'm fair with them and they 're fair with me |
9 | Come on come on you said you said it 's the worst year of your life the w year you wear a toupee , why ? |
10 | My children said it is the best learning game they have played , and I agree with them even though I still land in the water in level two . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’ |
14 | 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 . |
15 | People said it was the finest playhouse in England . |
16 | Someone said it was the worst paper they had ever seen . |
17 | Lowther , with numerous climbing trips to Greenland behind him , said it was the hardest route he had done there . |
18 | Some said it was the happiest day of their long lives . |
19 | Ray Bellringer , a national park spokesman , said it was the biggest event of its kind in the recorded history of the mountain . |
20 | Wilko said he s the best athlete he has seen playing football . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Madonna said he was the sexiest man in the world . |