Example sentences of "[noun pl] at the [adj -est] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I play the game I can not stand referees at the best of times … am I being biased here ? |
| 2 | And I ai n't no good at ladders at the best of times . |
| 3 | ( And the western Greeks tended to make their dedications at the nearest of the Greek sanctuaries of the mainland , Olympia , rather than creating or patronizing a big cult centre of their own , ) Fifth-century Italy and Sicily did produce historians , like Hippys of Rhegion , or Antiochus and Philistus of Syracuse , the ‘ Sicilian Herodotus and the Sicilian Thucydides ’ ; even Dionysius I , tyrant of Syracuse from the late fifth century to 367 , wrote history as well as the tragedies and comedies for which he was , as we shall see , more famous . |
| 4 | The sub-standard systems Earth Central had seen fit to install in the Base made some weird noises at the best of times , but this … . |
| 5 | Now , I do n't like treasure voyages at the best of times , and I certainly do n't like them when they are secret . |
| 6 | He did n't like foreign films at the best of times : you could n't understand what they were saying . |
| 7 | I do n't like strangers at the best of times and particularly not when I 'm eating . |
| 8 | They do n't like Romanies at the best of times . |
| 9 | Dougal believed that cars were unpredictable creatures at the best of times . |
| 10 | They 're frightened of women at the best of times and strong women scare them even more . |
| 11 | I ca n't stand minis at the best of times , but that 's hilarious ! |
| 12 | Roses are heavy feeders at the best of times , and pruning for more and better bloom drives a plant even harder . |