Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manager would have had them all in at 8 a.m. , forcing them to try on the latest zipper tops over their Iron Maiden T-shirts , and making them practise slouching around the sales floor trying to look cool in clothes designed to save lives in sub-zero temperatures . |
| 2 | Of course I admit there 's an alcohol problem , but then again it tends to look worse than it is because the res is dry so everyone congregates at the nearest bar , which is two miles south , in Nebraska . |
| 3 | Although this rank was that of a clerk , in the Constantian period it was applied to those officials who were responsible for the minutes of the imperial consistory and some of them rose to the highest ranks . |
| 4 | As they came closer , I moved into the darkest corner of the hut . |
| 5 | ‘ I head for the nearest jewellery store , ’ she said lightly , ‘ which gives me all the more incentive to get this door open . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When I joined Vancouver Whitecaps I played under the best manager of my career . |
| 7 | ‘ I shall also be reviewing the way we get independent advice , so that the public will be able to see absolutely clearly that I act on the best possible evidence , without fear or favour . ’ |
| 8 | I drove to the nearest police station , handed in the knife and told the desk sergeant my story . |
| 9 | I look like the best type of Virgin Mary , without worldly accessories as it were ’ , she wrote in The New Age of 5 November . |
| 10 | h Lastly , I finish with the Biggest Myth of All This work is Easy ! |
| 11 | Berger said , ‘ I acted for the best . |
| 12 | Hopeless , I walked towards the nearest town , which was further away than I cared to think about . |
| 13 | I walked to the nearest telephone box and asked the operator if she could put me through to the refuge — I did n't have a single penny . |
| 14 | She says : ‘ I worked for the maddest of them all , a man who had given his secretary and his assistant ulcers . |
| 15 | I rang from the nearest box to the station where they controlled the ambulances . |
| 16 | I was sitting in the make-up chair and I felt like the ugliest piece of shit there ever was . |
| 17 | I looked at the nearest guard through half-closed eyes . |
| 18 | I went to the smallest girl who grabbed my tail and hit me . |
| 19 | When I first went to work , I went and joined the union , there was n't one in the factory I was working in and so I went to the nearest er trade union office and joined . |
| 20 | I do what I do to the best of my ability and hope that people will hear about it and come and visit . |
| 21 | Tonight 's programme has been made with the benefit of time and I think with the best of intentions . |
| 22 | Not at all sure that I was doing the right thing , I fumbled towards the nearest dish for a finger-load of food , and turned to Sadria . |
| 23 | At least , that 's the feeling I get at the best of my poetry-reading moments . |
| 24 | Let me describe what I regard as the best conditions of all for bream fishing . |
| 25 | Now I won that game , losing just two ‘ pieces ’ , but only after I left with the comeliest ‘ piece ’ of all , a wench from the imperial harem , did Suleiman discover that I had cheated and publicly marked me down for death . |
| 26 | I have made it abundantly clear that the licences of the regional electricity companies require them to purchase from the cheapest suppliers . |
| 27 | ‘ You write the specifications for her repairs , and I 'll guarantee to have them done at the best boatyard in America . ’ |
| 28 | Key resources are technical personnel and aircraft spare parts which account for the largest share of the maintenance budget . |
| 29 | Murphy knocked in a break of 136 and looked to be on target for the £1000 prize which goes to the highest break in the Blackpool stage of the tournament . |
| 30 | On certain days , it was said , a tramcar of unusual design was seen circulating slowly along the lines which passed through the poorest and most deprived slums in the city . |