Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never having shot anyone , Molly was doing her best to look apologetic . |
| 2 | They were very clean and tidy , and Phyllis was wearing her prettiest dress . |
| 3 | BRITAIN was facing its worst flooding crisis for 22 years as torrential rain and gale-force winds swept the country last night . |
| 4 | CHAIRMAN Sir Peter Parker was doing his best , but the 1980s opened with much the same worries of insecurity over government policy , lack of investment , and working practices which harked back to the old company rules . |
| 5 | With plenty of time to get ready , Sophie and Joanna were looking their best when they drove to Edward 's palatial house . |
| 6 | Riley was doing his best to tell her to go away . |
| 7 | Haunted by an over-imaginative press , Charlie Nicholas was to confront his worst ordeal in September 1986 — the case of the stolen chip , a bizarre and unbelievable affair which will haunt Nicholas until he retires from top class football . |
| 8 | THOUSANDS of people in Belfast were putting their best foot forward today in a bid to beat the citizens of Rostock . |
| 9 | ‘ You realise , ’ he said , turning the gold ring on his finger again , ‘ that Nowak was doing his best to cover it up . ’ |
| 10 | Though his popular image undoubtedly embodied the broad ideological prejudices and aspirations of the masses — including anti-Semitism — it appears hard to argue that at the time that Hitler was gaining his widest electoral support the ‘ Jewish Question , was the decisive element in his growing appeal . |