Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [vb past] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In front of me sat the smartest and most alert looking person I had ever seen in my life . |
| 2 | They did not pray two rak'ahs before making love , or perform wudu after intercourse ( perhaps because neither of them had the faintest idea what wudu might be ) , and they were woefully deficient in the sacrifice and dowry departments . |
| 3 | As Fael-Inis began to play , each of them drew a deep breath and surrendered , and each of them experienced the deepest contentment at hearing the silver pipes of enchantment . |
| 4 | For the following twenty-seven days I approached everyone I knew , from the Bow Building Society to distant aunts , even fellow-students , but none of them showed the slightest interest in backing a young woman undergraduate to the tune of sixty pounds in order that she could buy a fruit and vegetable shop . |
| 5 | They included Gilly Miles , who had a lovely personality and manner and to me had the greatest potential of them all . |
| 6 | To her fell the heaviest chores … scrubbing of floors , carrying full pails of water , and so on . |