Example sentences of "[vb pp] his [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Yeltsin has instructed his closest aides to present their own plan , guaranteeing strong presidential rule .
2 Incorrigible to the last , the high priest of scandal has even turned his worst moment into a punch-line .
3 His achievements had already exceeded his highest hopes , and he anticipated equal if not greater success from the great continent .
4 Kirov 's done his best work for us , anyway . ’
5 Many observers feel Gedge has already written his best songs , or the most commercial ones at least .
6 Can Spanish hero Carlos Cardus go one better in 1991 , or has he missed his biggest chance of winning the title ?
7 Throughout history , man has always saved his best skills for the creation and protection of works of art — the objects and artifacts that are tangible proof of the intellectual , artistic and social life of our ancestors .
8 He had made his best friend aboard promise that he would not be buried at sea — something he had a great fear of — but on land .
9 With Thunderheart Apted has made his best movie to date .
10 The WBC decision to split ranks from the unified world heavyweight scene has made his latest hope , Tony Tucker , certain of an early shot at new champion Lennox Lewis 's title .
11 For only a month ago he had seen his eldest son and his younger daughter appoint proctors to treat in the matter of their proposed Danish marriages .
12 He had seen his earliest pupils , as had my father , either not come back at all , or come back broken men .
13 In a script worthy of an Oliver Stone conspiracy movie , officials of the government trying permanently to corner Noriega emerged to give the accused his best character evidence .
14 Have you got his latest address ?
15 Having successfully demonstrated the safety of his method of treatment so that it was being adopted by inoculators throughout the country Sutton had already unwittingly performed his greatest service in the fight against smallpox .
16 3.10:TOP weight Shoon Wind has not shown his best form for quite some time , while recent Sedgefield second Galadine is nothing special .
17 Many punters will convince themselves that College Chapel will reverse the form over Haydock 's extra furlong , but Vincent O'Brien 's Royal Ascot winner has shown his best form on a soft surface and , barring an unexpected downpour , will not encounter those conditions here .
18 After the death of Ludovico 's father , Giancarlo had become his closest confidant .
19 It occurred to him that he had not worn his best clothes for many weeks ; not since that confusing afternoon when some of Buddie 's friends had rushed through the house carrying boxes , cases and sacks that must not be discovered when the police came to search the place .
20 STRIKER Peter Beardsley has this season rediscovered his best form with Everton after being dropped too early by England .
21 This patron of the arts , ‘ ideal landlord , agriculturist and generous host ’ as a recent historian has described him , seems to have found his greatest happiness away from the London circles to which his rank entitled him , in bringing a civilised , Renaissance quality to his estates .
22 But it was Arsenal , where Chapman had spent his longest period as manager , who held the limelight in the last years of peace .
23 He has brought his largest paintings to Monde de l'Art , along with some works specially painted for this particular gallery .
24 Finally , Bernard Prize has brought his latest paintings from the Carnegie Museum , Pittsburg , to the Crousel-Robelin-Bama gallery .
25 He has just hit his best form and now he gets this injury .
26 And when he 's fulfilled his latest ambition ?
27 Of the plays , Macbeth appears to have received his greatest attention , and , in 1745 , while still in his thirties and making his literary way , he produced his ‘ Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth ’ , which begins : ‘ In order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age and the opinions of his contemporaries . ’
28 He had painted his best friend and his wife and Jenna could n't fault it .
29 He wanted to read philosophy but the university refused him ; so did the cinema school and the drama faculty ( though to the amused admiration of his friends in the theatre , he did eventually attend , as a student , after the successful opening of The Garden Party , and when he had already completed his best play , The Memorandum ( which remains probaby his most effective play ) .
30 More recently , he relocated the Schools Canteen from dingy basement to gleaming mezzanine and at the time of his death had nearly completed his greatest coup .
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