Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't have liked to have known more about him , even though Hattie Jacques and I had the deepest philosophical discussions with him . ’ |
| 2 | She said : ‘ We had our Christmas Day on Boxing Day and I had the best ever Christmas with my children and grandchildren . ’ |
| 3 | because I 'll tell you what , I came off cold turkey , and I had the worst three days of my whole life . |
| 4 | Doo doo and I took the best . |
| 5 | ‘ It was the early hours and I feared the worst , that a family member or friend had been hurt . |
| 6 | And I believe the happiest man I have ever met . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm paying top dollar and I expect the best . |
| 8 | Over the years , I seem to have had more ‘ associations ’ with God — and I have the greatest difficulty in saying or writing the word — than there are vineyards in the Medoc . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said , ‘ and I have the best ones in town . ’ |
| 10 | And , of course , my co-author John Baskett sold me many fine paintings and drawings before he retired as an art dealer , and I have the highest respect for his taste and integrity . |
| 11 | The third part is perhaps something that erm , we find a little more difficult , I do found that er number two , number three and number four if you were n't careful blends very much into one another and actually then part three as far as I 'm concerned actually putting across the benefits is really the main part I think and that really is putting into everyday English what we know as professionals as in technical terms , cos if you go and talk to somebody whatever it is , they have n't got a clue we have , we talk about it all the time and I think the biggest criticism of the insurance industry as a whole is the fact that you do n't talk to people in English and that 's why it 's got such a foot in the door and I think the third part for me really is the most important part of the sales process , relating our cock-ups in English , the benefits the client . |
| 12 | The colonel and I parted the best of friends . |
| 13 | I always saw myself as a creator of space for particular needs , and I found the best ideas which fitted in with that need and that slot and I then encouraged and challenged and stimulated and created the space for that production team to make that programme in the best possible way . |
| 14 | ‘ Groups like King Crimson were around when I was about 17 , and I suppose the earliest progressive British groups I would have listened to were Procol Harum , The Nice , et cetera . |
| 15 | A serious blow , of course , was also dealt to the reputation of the Labour Party , which controlled many of the councils with the greatest needs and which made the heaviest demands on the public purse , and whose members were least apologetic about doing so . |
| 16 | It seems to represent a programme which is extremely good value for the taxpayer and which offers the best prospects of much better services for the user . |
| 17 | ‘ So I gathered , ’ I said dryly , ‘ and would you also ask which horses are running at Winnipeg and which at Vancouver , and which in Bill 's opinion is the really best horse on the train , not necessarily on form , and which has the best chance of winning either race . ’ |
| 18 | Yours is the skin most at risk from sunburn , premature ageing and skin cancer , and you need the strongest protection . |
| 19 | I know some people say it takes time , but I think if you spend a year producing a lamb it is nice to see it sold and you do the best you can for it . |
| 20 | Because a young couple going in well even in our situation , you have n't got much money and you want the cheapest thing for the best we you know . |
| 21 | We 've got ta have a direction , and it 's not about who gets the best jobs and who gets the best power positions , it 's about dictating an agenda by the members for the members in the interests of our members , the T & g 's members and all trade unionists in this country . |
| 22 | He lodged with the scholarly Tjokroaminoto whose household was a kind of ashram , and who introduced the latest arrival to the new nationalism of Sarekat Islam . |
| 23 | Pulling herself together once more , Rachel 's mouth tightened and she knew the best thing would be to get away for an hour by going to lunch and pushing all thoughts of Damian Flint from her mind . |
| 24 | He turned back to what he was doing , his long fingers working quickly and expertly at the job , and she had the faintest feeling that she was being dismissed . |
| 25 | The blue eyes studied her lazily in the mirror , and she had the strangest sensation he was toying with her as a cat would a mouse before a kill . |
| 26 | He turned to face her then , his eyes intent as they met hers for one long minute , and she had the strangest feeling that he was trying to look inside her soul . |
| 27 | And she believes the best is yet to come . |
| 28 | This time Radford did not let her chance slip away and she clinched the biggest victory of her career so far . |
| 29 | They sat with us and we had the greatest time . ’ |
| 30 | and we had the cheapest fares for many years because of that |