Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] be the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's what I decided was the best idea all round . |
| 2 | It was n't that the song had a particular relevance — it was n't about AIDS — but it was a song that I felt was the best way of expressing myself and also the best thing I had to offer at the time . |
| 3 | I had acted out of good faith and in terms of what I thought were the best interests of my client . |
| 4 | Well a thing called power handshakes , which I thought were the biggest load of gobbledegook until I watched them , a specific chat show host . |
| 5 | And what I thought was the prettiest sight in Hannah 's meadows was the Geranium sylvaticum , or hay sward , which is a beautiful blue with a tinge of violet . |
| 6 | I was the only one who could be charged with dereliction of duty , I Judged who I thought was the best : I selected them and then took them to my station — Warboys — where they were trained as Pathfinders . |
| 7 | Whilst I did track down what I thought was the best , several of them , in fact quite a number of them , said " no " . |
| 8 | so then the very time he went in I you know , took did n't say anything at all I thought was the best thing . |
| 9 | The choice of literature , as you realize was meant to be contrasting , and I put book down as an example of what I thought was the worst possible , er , use of use of psychoanalysis , kind of gutter journalism , erm and which you did n't look at , and it 's , it 's no criticism of you erm , because er , you had your work cut out with what you did do , but the reason I put down Gandhi 's Truth , if anybody 's ever read that , have they ? |
| 10 | Of all the proposals , the one that you made is the silliest . |
| 11 | First to New York , which she thought was the ugliest , filthiest town she 'd ever seen , typified by their slouching , smoking mounted police . |
| 12 | Erm asking for permission to put their names forward and from the , the few letters we had the , this was that we thought was the whitest knights in terms of Geography in terms of sex in terms of I would n't say intelligence , perhaps I should try to impress them ! |
| 13 | She op- , give us the umm after- , aftershave and deodorant which we said were the cheapest . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sure whoever was responsible at the time acted in what they thought was the best interests of the council . ’ |
| 15 | But er he never asked me , put it that way , what I thought was suitable machinery and he , as far as I know he never asked other rock men what they thought was suitable for the rock and other slate makers what they thought was suitable for inside the mill , or the diamond saw operators , what sort of saws they thought were the best . |
| 16 | Now whether it made a lot of difference or no , I could n't tell you , but they believed it er the set of tools they had were the best in the yard , you know , so obviously they took a wee bit of pride in them and looked after them . |
| 17 | and what they wanted was the easiest ones and they came up with the answer economics Gerald simply , we Ge Gerry and I put our heads together and went bib bib bib bib bib , you know as good parents do and we both presented him with a fait accompli you either take an engineering degree , we do n't care what sort or you go out to work in a bank because economics you will not get a first because you are not reader and t to get a first in economics , which is what you 'll need if you 're gon na make any money out of it |
| 18 | That was until Norman Tebbit spotted what he believed was the biggest chance of holing the impenetrable protective layer around the bill . |
| 19 | As soon as Edouard Balladur was appointed head of the new conservative government in March , he told them that he would be asking for sacrifices to clean up what he claimed was the worst economic mess France had known since 1945 . |
| 20 | That he could get all these to find out what he thought was the best policy in in your |
| 21 | He made clear on 27 November what he felt was the best action for him to take in his capacity as a Law Officer . |
| 22 | I was discussing with a distinguished star in the pianistic firmament the other day as to whom he felt was the finest living pianist ; no hesitation — Sviatoslav Richter ! |
| 23 | It had been the faintest of sounds , but it was enough to bring her slowly to her feet , alert and expectant . |
| 24 | It had been the blackest day of the war when the government announced the rationing of tea . |
| 25 | Perdita listened to her mother grinding gears and going on and on and on about how marvellously Perdita had played and how it had been the proudest moment of her life , and how everyone from Rupert to Brigadier Canford said what a great future she had and Drew this and Drew that . |
| 26 | By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job . |
| 27 | It had been the best day yet . |
| 28 | It had been the merest afterthought . |
| 29 | Yes , it had been the worst possible way to discover his betrayal . |
| 30 | Outwardly it had been the easiest and quietest of times that the house had ever known but the unease did not go away . |