Example sentences of "[verb] my [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Therefore the new girl became my best friend and has been ever since ( with a few eruptions ! ) because she is a very loyal , trustworthy , non-possessive , generous and kind girl . |
2 | People of all shapes and sizes became my biggest threat and a vital potential source of assistance . |
3 | You got my best wishes , Joe . |
4 | ‘ You 'll make me stop seeing my oldest friend , but you wo n't let your mistress go ! ’ |
5 | Having been Chairman of BNFL I would like to contribute as a Chairman in the future … and that , I believe , is how I can make my best contribution . |
6 | Convey to units concerned my warmest congratulations on a splendid operation . |
7 | Hearing you on the telephone just seemed to confirm my worst fears , and I did n't stop to reason things through . |
8 | To the rejoinder that he wear the gown showing his ‘ highest proficiency ’ he replied , ‘ Ah , well , 1 should not need to put any other gown in my bag than 1 usually carry ’ , by which he meant his night-gown , as ‘ that represents my greatest proficiency ’ . |
9 | You see my brother Joe is wrong , he should have , he 's a workaholic , and they 're doing sixteen hours a day and they 're working , can you imagine , and I mean my youngest brother Brad who 's working with him said er Joe do n't stop , a week , no a fortnight la , a fortnight last Sunday they had to put a not air conditioning yeah it is air conditioning unit in Smith 's in Staines and they had to whatever happens they had to get it working for the next day , it 's got to be in and working and they worked all day , my brother , my eldest brother Derek weld it for nine hours non stop , to the point where Brad our , my younger brother and Joe had |
10 | ‘ You didna ask me for evidence , John , you sought my best judgement , and you have it . |
11 | Whatever may be said about his lordship these days — and the great majority of it is , as I say , utter nonsense — I can declare that he was a truly good man at heart , a gentleman through and through , and one I am today proud to have given my best years of service to . |
12 | I would like to thank you all for your continued hard work and commitment and send my best wishes to you and your families . |
13 | ‘ In my teens , I 'd always end up with women who 'd tell me they liked me as a friend but , actually , they wanted to shag my best friend . |
14 | ‘ The story department of BIP fulfilled my worst fears , ’ remarked Michael Powell . |
15 | I told my best friend to start with , and she said " For God 's sake , I 'll book you in down the doctors . " |
16 | One part of me , despite George Crowninshield 's reassurances , anticipated that the twins would emerge as shambling twitching wrecks , and for a second , believing my worst fears , I bitterly regretted accepting the senator 's charter . |
17 | To me , East 17 must have been the kind of streetwise cock-er-nee lads I 'd do my damnedest indie-kid best to avoid . |
18 | I won both the 60 and 200 metres , but it was in the final event , the relay , that I received my greatest fillip . |
19 | When her granddaughters came they were expected to scrub too : ‘ I 've seen my eldest sister , the minute she went in she was made to scrub the table — and it was white — scrub the floorboards — which were white . ’ |
20 | So I 've got a two there I 'll put a tick on that so I 've got two times I 've got another two so I always put my smallest ones on the left so I can find them quickly . |
21 | Not being a cancer expert , my information about the enemy was scant , and this seemed my weakest point . |
22 | I do n't know about these two men , but I have used my best judgement on Rockhill Farm . |
23 | The acid tone confirms my worst suspicions . |
24 | ‘ If it is , please accept my deepest sympathy . ’ |
25 | He went even further than that ; when Bradlaugh was imprisoned during the oath struggle , Headlam sent him a telegram reading : ‘ Accept my warmest sympathy . |
26 | I 've become very choosy about food since researching my latest novel , PORTENT ( Hodder & Stoughton , £14.99 ) , which is about weird ecological disasters . |
27 | You want to hear my deepest reality ? |
28 | So anyway , that Christmas Eve night confirmed my worst fears , it was like a kind of ‘ royal flush ’ for the infant Jimbo : all three kings — Pa , Santa and the King of Kings — all down the pan together … |
29 | His words confirmed my worst fears . |
30 | The absurd excitement she displayed at the prospect of becoming a mother confirmed my worst opinions of her . |