Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it the greatest fun . |
| 2 | Bec , the girl with a badger 's furry snout and soft dark eyes , showed her the great sculleries where they all took turns to prepare the food . |
| 3 | Among those which gave me the greatest pleasure I remember the whole of Shakespeare , Shaw 's Androcles and the Lion , and Thornton Wilder 's Our Town . |
| 4 | When asked which of all their various roles gave them the greatest satisfaction , 47% opted for being a mother , 22% simply being themselves , 15% being a partner/lover and just 10% being a working woman . |
| 5 | ‘ Alcohol did me the greatest favour , which is that it brought me down to earth . |
| 6 | What gave her the greatest satisfaction was the water , now bloodstained by the final , flamboyant exhibition of the setting sun . |
| 7 | The creation of the Educational Priority Areas was one of the last things which Tony Crosland accomplished at the Department of Education and Science , and one of those that gave him the greatest pleasure . |
| 8 | It comes to us from the age which gave us the Great Charter , and founded the House of Commons . |
| 9 | And thus I was brought , by the gracious providence of God , to that place which had the chiefest of my labours and yielded me the greatest fruits of comfort . ’ |