Example sentences of "and he [vb past] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then his aunt 's jewels disappeared , and he had the oddest sensation of wanting Charity to have done it . |
| 2 | When Bobby Charlton was in the team that won the World Cup , they shared £28,000 — and he had the worst haircut in the world . |
| 3 | Croydon-born Ted Harding had played for the Palace first team as early as October 1942 and he became the longest-playing survivor of our 1946–47 Football League side , for he was still appearing for us in April 1953 . |
| 4 | Our leader known to all as ‘ BK ’ , was an experienced Himalayan mountaineer and he knew the best local porters . |
| 5 | I remember a little boy , I 've got on a picture with me he was a very very poor child and he made the best gloves in the class and it was a real sort of accolade for him . |
| 6 | On the following day after the Christians had taken possession of the town , the Cid entered it with a great company , and he ascended the highest tower of the wall , and beheld all the city ; and the Moors came unto him , and kissed his hand , saying he was welcome . |
| 7 | Lisburn 's Paul McBurney looked good winning the 200 metres in 21.17 and he clocked the fastest time when his club took the 4x400 relay in 3.32.3 . |
| 8 | Many of them were now much clearer about the paper , and he explained the latest changes in management structure . |
| 9 | He loved beautiful things , and he employed the best builders and gardeners in England to work on Fullcircle . |
| 10 | And [ Molla Fenari " s ] standing rose in [ the sultan " s ] estimation and he occupied the highest place therein and consulted with the sultan in all affairs [ of state ] and became as the vezir … |
| 11 | He had the best for himself and he wanted the best for his Mollie . |
| 12 | It is generally agreed that Haydn was the father of the string quartet , and he set the highest standards : the quartets of Beethoven and Schubert could hardly have been written without his brilliant examples of how it should be done . |