Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb infin] [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.

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1 The acceptance of the ‘ two Germanies ’ and of a divided Berlin helped remove the gravest threat to peace and stability in central Europe .
2 However , his indisposition was short-lived for in the foursomes later he helped return the lowest gross of 96 , being runners-up to the Club 's Captain and Miss E. Simmons .
3 That apart , South Africa did give the best two sides in the world a game .
4 ‘ José always did like the best . ’
5 Palace manager Steve Coppell said : ‘ Everything we get from John now is a bonus because we did fear the worst .
6 He describes this period of work as one of , of terrible strain , it was also a period in which he was personally very unhappy , and I get the impression that he really did use the best of his mind on this problem , and that for the rest of his life he found it difficult to press his thinking home with the kind of ruthlessness that many of the problems that he then assumed required .
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