Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I drove to the nearest police station , handed in the knife and told the desk sergeant my story . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I went to the smallest girl who grabbed my tail and hit me . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I do what I do to the best of my ability and hope that people will hear about it and come and visit . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Er and the proposal that I shall report is the and in particular those matter our certainty of responsibility between various agencies needs to be addressed erm it arose obviously are much more widespread than in the past week , but er I was granted in fact to give consideration to this result of the parish meeting , conventional routine parish meeting at Barnham er on the fourth of January erm which led to the largest parish meetings I think they 've had in many years erm when because people were incensed with the suffering and the hardship that they had as a result of the flooding on the night of Thursday the thirtieth of December erm should let me say first of all that erm I would congratulate all those who were involved er in dealing with the present emergency operations erm it 's quite superb , it 's erm it seemed to be erm a remarkable reflection on the capacity er that to deal with certain circumstances reflects very well on this authority and in saying that I mean it 's not just the opposites to the men and women who are involved , but also whereas I 'm sure many members are here that members amongst our numbers have putting on very long hours in dealing with the present circumstances and I congratulate on the activities . |
| 9 | By 1979 energy consumption was almost back to the 1973 level but this trend was abruptly curtailed by the second oil shock which contributed to the worst recession in the UK since the Second World War . |
| 10 | I am arguing against it because on the one hand it brings about environmental improvements in the town centre which according to the latest published government information which as as Mr has has himself said , i is stricter th th than we had published previously . |
| 11 | Which leads to the brightest bulb in the Sheffield chandelier of pop , the Longpigs . |
| 12 | Mark Kenworthy , 21 , and Michael Hattan , 18 , won the Sir Ewart Smith Awards , which go to the best first and fourth year apprentices . |
| 13 | all SSRs which apply to the latest version of the modules being approved . |
| 14 | ‘ We have less then six months to answer these and other questions which comes to the biggest and potentially most rewarding challenge of all the process of technology transfer to Pemex , ’ says Hopwood . |
| 15 | For a girl who has school trophies for athletics and swimming in the family cabinet , who supports Liverpool and whose favourite player is Steffi Graf , Bradnam is getting an achiever who looks to the best in sport for her inspiration . |
| 16 | Anyway it 's fiction erm basically I mean for me there 's two issues , one do you pamper to the worst possible taste erm and two erm is the Sun the face of newspapers to come er |
| 17 | And apart from the Bohemian Rhapsody news of the rest of the European football tonight and we have the double attacking spearhead of Colin Fray and Martin Fisher at the City ground and you listening to the classiest football cover on Radio Nottingham from five past seven . |
| 18 | She climbed to the highest bench , where there was still some room . |
| 19 | The cultivation of creativity is the most important requirement of men who aspire to the highest reaches of the transcendent world . |
| 20 | French is weird when you get to the highest |
| 21 | Line managers are responsible for allocating you work , setting and monitoring the general standards of conduct and performance they require from you at work and helping you perform to the best of your ability . |
| 22 | By working with the NHS in this way , AA Hospital Plus can give you access to the highest standards of health care — at a very affordable monthly cost . |
| 23 | You can also draw money from NatWest Servicetills and TSB Speedbanks , giving you access to the largest cash machine network in the UK . |
| 24 | Do yourself and the community a favour by taking the rusty iron and junk you find to the nearest litter bin . |
| 25 | On Mondays you went to the nearest school . |
| 26 | She went to the nearest Protestant school , which was over at Kilcock , and learned to read and write with the daughters of their friends . |
| 27 | sitting on her own , is n't she talking to the eldest one who is |
| 28 | On the other hand , there are those like Locke who belong to the best traditions of the Age of Reason and represent the ‘ meaning ’ theist position . |
| 29 | And she ran to the nearest ladies ' room and emerged with bleary eyes , clutching at her stomach . |
| 30 | We will continue to provide development opportunities to : help them perform to the best of their potential . |