Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then perhaps , sell them to the highest bidder . ’ |
| 2 | In other words , management must continue to develop their own professional skills and sell them to the best bidder . |
| 3 | ‘ But you want more outlets for KITS and you want them in the best and most expensive locations . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We must also fight for the interests of British business in world markets and provide them with the best environment in which they can compete and succeed . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We want nothing but the best , as befits our new status as full partners in Europe . ’ |
| 6 | He had watched her apply a smear of eye-black below her lower lashes , then dust it with the palest face-powder until her eyes appeared extra large and dark-rimmed . |
| 7 | ‘ I would like to spend one year here , continue my studies and test myself against the best British players . ’ |
| 8 | If you use terry nappies , wash them on the hottest cycle of the washing machine . |
| 9 | I hold you in the greatest esteem for the peerless courage you displayed in all you undertook . |
| 10 | Christie , so adept at getting the aid of Administration for his own business , knew exactly where to look for help , and approached Lord Ilay through his deputy , Lord Milton , and without any attempt to bargain simply asked for an appointment for his son , promising that it would ‘ forever laye me under the deepest obligationes ’ . |
| 11 | Our negativity may have sent the fire brigade on strike , or even made them uncouple their hoses from that hydrant that gave all that lovely , cool life-giving water that would have quenched the fire and instead couple them to the nearest petrol tank . |
| 12 | Craig Chalmers must continue to bring his backs into the game rather than kick away possession or run himself into the thickest traffic . |
| 13 | They think you are a loony , and drop you in the nearest village . |
| 14 | Though he attempted a detailed rebuttal , chapter by chapter , Milton himself had to admit that ‘ Some men have by policy accomplished after death that revenge upon their enemies which in life they were not able ’ , and that ‘ they who before hated him for his high government , nay fought against him with displayed banners in the field , now applaud him for the wisest and most religious prince that lived ’ . |
| 15 | If you have a call for someone , transfer it to the nearest phone or go over to them to tell them you have a call . |
| 16 | ‘ Tell me about the Highest Science . ’ |
| 17 | TELL ME ABOUT THE SKIPFEST . |
| 18 | ‘ Brief me on the latest situation , please , ‘ Q ’ . ’ |
| 19 | Still , set it beside the earliest of the quotations , from the Webbs ' A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain , dating from 1920 , and we can see how far the Empirical Socialist view had changed . |
| 20 | From seven in the morning he 'd sit there with the thing pressed to his ear ; to preserve the batteries and to avoid alarming the guards , we always set it at the lowest volume . |
| 21 | I pulled out some money and laid it on the bar , followed by a pair of black leather driving gloves with the tops of the three middle fingers cut off the right hand , a tube of mint-flavoured lip salve and a metal hip-flask engraved with the words : ‘ I am not a diabetic ; in case of accidents please rush me to the nearest public house . ’ |
| 22 | We rededicate and commit ourselves to the highest standards in communication as we endeavour to work for a more just , viable and sustainable society now , and in the future . |
| 23 | compare it against the latest Merc |
| 24 | You approach it along the narrowest road which creeps warily on the side of a steep chalk plateau , one step up from the flat farm land which , after a mile or so , tumbles to West Fleet and over Chesil Beach into the sea . |
| 25 | I find it in the unlikeliest places , many of which had not sold it for at least 25 years . |
| 26 | Motivating the learner to buy the goods and use them to the best advantage . |
| 27 | If you want to grill fast , for instance , turn the control to the large flame symbol ; slow , then turn it to the lowest flame symbol . |
| 28 | Ask it about the Highest Science . ’ |
| 29 | Try it with the best Agatha Christies . |
| 30 | And ‘ first ’ is a word that suits them , for many recognise them as the finest original instrument group among baroque performers of the present day . |