Example sentences of "his [adj -est] suit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a king would be shown in full coronation robes , holding the sceptres of estate and with a crown on his head , a bishop in full pontificals , a knight in his finest suit of armour and his lady dressed for Court . |
| 2 | That last phase of his game — linking between forwards and backs — was not always his strongest suit . |
| 3 | Positive thinking will have to wait a while , but it augurs well for one of the young ringsiders who turned up in his smartest suit and said : ‘ What a disgusting fight ; I wish I 'd worn my tracksuit . ’ |
| 4 | It was very likely his best suit — today of all days he would surely wear his best suit — but it was a cheap off-the-peg affair . |
| 5 | It was very likely his best suit — today of all days he would surely wear his best suit — but it was a cheap off-the-peg affair . |
| 6 | He wore his best suit , a clean silk shirt and shaved extra close . |
| 7 | It was in the stale stink of the sports hall at Pont Llanfraith leisure centre that he at last looked like a loser : hands thrust deep in the pockets of his best suit , face set solid with emotion , like a football manager who has just lost the Cup Final . |
| 8 | And then again this morning he had another business engagement , but this time a different one , apparently , for he had put on his best suit and bowler hat and his black top-coat . |
| 9 | On my last afternoon at home , surrounded by grey shirts and socks , I looked from the window and saw Bobby Bowen in his best suit with the extra wide trousers walking quickly down the hill , whistling beautifully as he always did , with lots of grace notes . |
| 10 | He had discarded his uniform and wore his best suit , a light pearly grey , with a brightly-coloured necktie , and a rose in his buttonhole . |
| 11 | He wore his best suit which had been redeemed from the pawnbrokers and was freshly cleaned and pressed . |
| 12 | As a way of showing sympathy , however , he had the following Saturday morning put on his best suit , which was far too tight for him , and gone to the memorial service for Captain Dawson in the nearby Anglican church . |
| 13 | In the early evening of the next day he dressed himself in his best suit and wore a clean shirt and a razor tight collar ; he looked at himself in the mirror , yes , he looked good , almost handsome , one must die with dignity . |
| 14 | A police car containing Leslie , handcuffed but in his best suit , was last in the line . |
| 15 | He was lounging against a post , clad in his best suit , undressing her with his eyes . |
| 16 | He was wearing his best suit , which did not fit him at all . |
| 17 | He came up on the train for a few days , very nervous , wearing his best suit . |
| 18 | On that day , a member of the creditor 's staff must dress in his best suit , proceed to the debtor 's offices , and stand in line with perhaps 30 or 40 other representatives . |
| 19 | A light khaki smock fluttered over a ragged navy waistcoat , clearly once part of his best suit , and his shirt bore neither collar nor stud . |
| 20 | He was wearing his best suit . |
| 21 | He worked six days a week in his white milking clothes , milking and butter-making , and on the seventh he wore his best suit to take his family proudly to church . |
| 22 | He would often turn up at the factory in his best suit , get involved in a maintenance problem with his fitter and end up covered in grease . |
| 23 | The case of ice that weighed him down was his best suit . |
| 24 | ‘ He 'd better wear his best suit then . ’ |
| 25 | Prompt at four o'clock , Dr Neil , complainingly dressed in his best suit at Matey 's request — ‘ Do I have to ? ’ he had said , rolling his eyes at McAllister — Matey in a bottle-green velvet gown which McAllister had not seen before , McAllister in her best sateen skirt , white blouse , and small lacy cap with streamers , were all sitting in the parlour when the doorbell rang . |
| 26 | Mum wore a pretty blue dress and Dad was wearing his best suit . |
| 27 | And so Willi was squeezing himself into his best suit , the one he wore for daytime ceremonial occasions , and had spattered himself lavishly with aftershave cologne , and spent a long time arranging the frill of curls round his bald crown . |
| 28 | ‘ I must say the old trousers he wears let him down a little — but at the wedding he 'll wear his best suit . |
| 29 | Once they were back in the billet Charlie folded up his best suit and placed it under the bed next to the one Tommy had settled on , then swaggered around the room in his new uniform . |