Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] with the [adj -est] " in BNC.

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1 Further questions on unemployment ‘ people do n't want training they want jobs ’ , homelessness and the NHS left Mr Major a little wobbly but provided him with the best and closing line of the night .
2 Green painted them with the greatest of understanding and sensitivity .
3 The Queen received me with the greatest kindness and consideration .
4 No hearts were going to be broken , he told her with the frankest face , if he were to run off with a Protestant and have a dozen kids .
5 He treated her with the greatest courtesy , concerned that she should not be tired , or bored ; that the holiday should be nothing less than perfect .
6 As a Unitarian he was debarred from holding civic appointments or public office , but , following the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts in 1828 , for the annulment of which he had campaigned , the corporation of Newcastle in 1832 invested him with the highest judicial function in their gift , the recordership , and shortly afterwards with the honorary freedom of the city .
7 The surprise here is that they did it with the best , very purest intentions , poor lambs .
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