Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the [adj -est] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my union branch , as in many others , I expect the best activists to be voting Labour . |
| 2 | I always saw myself as a creator of space for particular needs , and I found the best ideas which fitted in with that need and that slot and I then encouraged and challenged and stimulated and created the space for that production team to make that programme in the best possible way . |
| 3 | Long have I combed the vilest quarters of this town on fruitless search for thee . |
| 4 | ‘ Not the oddest of jobs and being an odd job man I like the oddest jobs I can get but it has to be done . ’ |
| 5 | It 's the way I get the best results . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ That 's how I spent the best years of my life , ’ she often said to her son . |
| 7 | ‘ They have admitted some of the questions on this paper are too difficult for the children and in Anthony 's school , where they took it as a class test , I believe the highest marks were about 40 or 42pc . ’ |
| 8 | I find the best ideas come from when you 're not actually touching the guitar , otherwise your fingers fall into the same positions and you get stuck in ruts . |
| 9 | I suppose the best Christmases I knew happened over at Clove Lodge where Mr and Mrs Atkinson and the Misses Hind would always make a special thing of it . |
| 10 | I knew the best spots . |
| 11 | Each time I chose the smallest flowers that I could find of each type — the larkspur flowers can range from this shape to nearly twice the size , so it will be worth while hunting through your collection of pressed items both to get some inspiration for your miniature and to determine your colour scheme . |
| 12 | There are several models on the market — in fact , I 've got quite a collection outside my office — but I think the best ones are those made of clear plastic , with a couple of suckers for sticking to the glass and a removable tray for easy cleaning . |
| 13 | I think the best songs , books and paintings are partisan , they 're not separate from those things . |
| 14 | ‘ I think the biggest problems were between Debbi and I , not to name names … ’ she confides to a nation . |
| 15 | Yes , I 've got yeah I know they did , but I think after a while they stopped doing that I think the latest ones you 'll find do n't , do n't do that , they gave , you know , after a while they gave that up , but I , I must check on that , I must check on . |
| 16 | I bought the biggest mastiffs I could find and sent the beggars screaming for the trees , at least for a while . |
| 17 | Inside the coach I cried the bitterest tears of my life . |
| 18 | The three concerned were TWW , with whom I had the closest ties , Southern Television and Granada . |
| 19 | Indeed , I had the greatest reservations about leaving him . ’ |
| 20 | Good morning , hope you all enjo hope you all enjoyed the meeting last night and er just by way of a change today we 've got er er resolutions and debates on the Labour Party and from one socialist party to another can I extend the warmest congratulations of the G M B Labour Party Conference to our comrades in Spain who 've been successful in winning a fourth general election . |
| 21 | ‘ I give value for money , I fight the best opponents in the world , ’ Eubank absurdly claimed afterwards . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said , ‘ and I have the best ones in town . ’ |
| 23 | Sometimes I have the weirdest thoughts and I always promise to give up eating cheese late at night but never do . |
| 24 | I have the happiest memories . |
| 25 | When my own daughter was born I was a single parent , and had to work to pay the bills , so I missed the best years of her childhood . |
| 26 | It may be comforting if you can acknowledge that in any moment you make the best choices you are able to in the situations in which you find yourself . |
| 27 | ‘ You make the finest pizzas on the Sussex coast — have n't I always said that ? |
| 28 | To help you make the best decisions and to ensure you quickly get to understand the way Italy and the Italians work , when you book we will send you a complimentary booklet ‘ Welcome to Italy ’ full of advice and information . |
| 29 | She has the best groundstrokes in the women 's game and she is still only 17 . |
| 30 | he 'd go upstairs and Shirley would have put all the clean clothes back in the wardrobe and he 'd go in the wardrobe oh , no I wo n't wear that , no I wo n't wear that and half the time she found the cleanest clothes were all rolled up under the bed . |