Example sentences of "[art] [adj -est] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greatest love a man can have for his friends is to give his life for them and you are my friends , if you do what I command . |
| 2 | The gift of love is the greatest gift a man can give himself . |
| 3 | ‘ Love of God is the greatest virtue a man can ever cultivate , and through that develops this love for the creation of God ; kindness , compassion , tolerance , and helpfulness to others emanate when the love of God grows in the heart . |
| 4 | ‘ If you did that , then it is just about the greatest miracle a person has ever performed since the time of Jesus . ’ |
| 5 | In the light that came from these he could see a rough plank table and three chairs and in the darkest corner a bed of stretched hides on which was curled up something darker still , a bundle the size of an old woman . |
| 6 | All I remember thinking of as I pushed the trolley and looked at the red face and eyebrows was , My friend , you are about to take the longest journey a man ever takes in this life . |
| 7 | I had already loosened the overcoat and was thinking as I looked at him , This very minute you are going on the longest journey a man ever takes and you have n't a frigging clue . |
| 8 | While she thought black was the smartest colour a girl her age could wear , he had different ideas . |
| 9 | One million Pakistani heroin addicts consume 42 tons of the purest heroin a year . |
| 10 | The hardest thing a man can do … ’ |
| 11 | The struggling , the fear , the knowledge that they are committing the worst violation a woman can experience . |
| 12 | It is difficult to appreciate it now in the liberated 80's , but at the time the worst thing an unmarried girl could do was get pregnant , and the worst news a mother could hear from her daughter was , ‘ I 'm going to have a baby ! ’ |
| 13 | Teams traipsing off the field under little or no threat of rain when the medium pacers are on is the bitterest pill a spectator has to swallow ; closely followed by the frequent inability to restart the game promptly . |
| 14 | These are the maximum a negotiator can reasonably expect to get ; for example , the highest price a seller feels he can realistically obtain . |
| 15 | This is the highest badge a Guide can earn and it involves a lot of work . |
| 16 | The award of an honorary degree is the highest honour a University can bestow and may , in the case of Nottingham , be either a Master 's Degree ( Master of Arts , Master of Laws ) , or a Doctorate ( of Divinity , Laws , Letters , Music , Science or Medicine ) . |
| 17 | Most lived alone in isolated outposts with the nearest countryman a day or two of travel away , and for the first hundred years there was no telegraph or railroad . |
| 18 | Both on-screen and at speaking engagements , he was in the fullest sense a commentator on the sport , and was frequently critical of its administrators . |
| 19 | Perhaps it was dying that was the bravest thing a person could do ? |
| 20 | In a way , I suppose , it seems rather illogical to dismiss the value of the brochure altogether , for all types of customer , and at the same time suggest that the best way a customer can get the information s/he needs is to use a list of telephone numbers printed in the very brochure that is being dismissed . |
| 21 | The death sentence is the best sentence a court of law could have imposed under the present circumstances . |
| 22 | " Officers had instructions from their employers that no English need apply and that the best chance a man could have to get employment would be that he could not speak the English language ; then he was sure to get a situation " . |
| 23 | Dear old Charlie , he thought sentimentally , the best friend a man ever had . |
| 24 | You really are the best friend a person could ever have . ’ |
| 25 | So forget Guns N' Roses and all the other pretenders , the Black Crowes are the best fun a rocker can have with their clothes on . |
| 26 | ‘ The best husband a woman could have . |
| 27 | Often that money is the best investment a company can make . |
| 28 | The USPCA say birds of prey in the province are also being shot or poisoned , and in the latest incident a buzzard starved to death after being maimed . |
| 29 | The driver honks and honks at each stop ; peers into the distance , giving the latest comer a chance . |