Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adv prt] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A familiar disjunction : while we hold on to personal musical favourites dating back over twenty-five years because we still enjoy listening to them , the music which brings on the fiercest nostalgia is often a terrible , loathsome noise with which we think we have nothing in common . |
| 2 | She talks about her husband as if he 's a superior being — and she imagines George is one , too , which brings out the worst in me . |
| 3 | The top riders never appear to be hurrying — in fact Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up the fastest time of the day . |
| 4 | He draws out the richest tones that he is capable of here . |
| 5 | For belief in God , they would argue , is a very practical matter which is not given up lightly , particularly if it brings out the best in the believer : ‘ Belief or unbelief / Bears upon life , determines its whole course … |
| 6 | It brings out the best in us . |
| 7 | It 's there all of the time , but it comes out the clearest when all the ‘ dramatic inflections , subtle stresses and sympathetic accents ’ ( Barthes ) , all the art of the singer , are abandoned , fall away , when Prince swoons , sounds like he 's on the brink of insensibility . |
| 8 | That 's what brings out the best in me . ’ |