Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] be the best [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The right hook that finished him was the best body punch I 've ever thrown ’ said Damien with the air of a winner . |
| 2 | I figured it was the best way to keep the interaction between the guitar and the lyrics , which is the whole point for me . |
| 3 | When she was kind to me I thought she was the best person in the world , but she did not always have time for me . |
| 4 | ‘ And while we felt we were the best team in England , we were killed by our own success . |
| 5 | Like any good manager Donald Wilson chose David Whitaker to story edit Doctor Who because he felt he was the best man for the job . |
| 6 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |
| 7 | Children would normally go to London when they ran away from home , because they thought it was the best place to go to get a job , and where they could sleep easily . |
| 8 | But he insisted it was the best way to banish the bitterness of the recent past . |
| 9 | But the managers I played for all said I was the best professional . |
| 10 | Even had it been the best apple tree anyone could knit I can not see that I would hang swing tickets on it ( so badly coloured with felt tip pen that the Infant 's class would be ashamed of the work ! ) . |
| 11 | off the kitchen and ru and runs the boiler , he said it 's the best kind you can get , nothing should come in there . |
| 12 | Yeah , he said it 's the best move I ever made he said getting out of here |
| 13 | yeah , he said it 's the best move I ev he said I do n't , the lads do n't give me any trouble he says I 'm fair with them and they 're fair with me |
| 14 | My children said it is the best learning game they have played , and I agree with them even though I still land in the water in level two . |
| 15 | He 'd got all the er information about it when he came and he said it was the best type of covering if you 've got dogs or cats . |
| 16 | He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’ |
| 17 | In a letter of ‘ unanimous support ’ published in the Times today , the ten board members said he was the best person to lead the corporation . |
| 18 | He was selected because those responsible for choosing the successor to a hugely popular MP considered he was the best candidate . |