Example sentences of "he [vb past] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could say that , somehow , he made the most convincing of the would-be-leaders ' speeches . |
| 2 | It was n't with such a Sunday that he made the most significant comparison , however , but with the Sundays of his childhood . |
| 3 | He made the most fundamental error possible in tournament golf , signing a card containing a wrong score . |
| 4 | Whether he noticed was unclear ; probably not , since he made the eminently logical suggestion that they should drive to Randall Lodge together , and to her chagrin she could think of no good reason to refuse . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman made a totally false comparison before he made the totally false allegation that I had misled the House . |
| 6 | The last time I debated Sunday trading with the hon. Gentleman , he made the perfectly ludicrous suggestion that his party would have a conference on the matter . |
| 7 | He commissioned the most famous translation of the Bible ; was a patron of Shakespeare in his later years ; wrote a treatise on the harmful effects of smoking ; and , completely by accident , caused the revival of one of our most noble garden trees . |
| 8 | Trembling , he hugged the most worn and shortened of the punches to his heart , thumbing its point , and wrestled with the words of compliance that rose all too readily . |
| 9 | L t Watts hopes to return to Bosnia where he experienced the most stimulating six months of an army career he embarked on at just 18years-old . |
| 10 | He surfed the most savage seas , smiling from ear to ear and hooting with joy , and he saved many lives . |
| 11 | The door closed behind Tweed as he scanned the luxuriously furnished double room which overlooked Albemarle Street . |
| 12 | Here he met the most notable trade unionists of the area , some of them with national reputations . |
| 13 | Despite the " Boy Wonder " tag , he countered the quite genuine complaints that with the elementary aids available — basically just a compass and air speed indicator — it was virtually impossible to find a German target in the face of spoofs/dummies and the mounting numbers of fighters , as well as flak and searchlights . |
| 14 | Flushing to the roots of his hair , Joseph dipped his head in greeting as he realized the more circumspect Chuck had done . |
| 15 | He became the most high-profile newscaster in Britain when he made his debut as the programme 's anchorman . |
| 16 | In 1183 Mercadier was just the commander of yet another of the bands of routiers which were busily spreading havoc in the southern Limousin , but in the next fifteen years he became the most famous professional soldier in Europe . |
| 17 | From being one prince among many others he became the most powerful ruler in Europe , richer even than the Emperor , and completely overshadowing his own nominal overlord , the King of France . |
| 18 | As a result he became the most knowledgeable and influential European in that part of Africa and was continually being called on by traders , missionaries , and humanitarians for advice or to sort out local disputes . |
| 19 | The match was a a personal triumph for Wigan 's Test half-back Shaun Edwards ; for in collecting his 18th medal he became the most decorated player in the club 's history , overtaking the late and great forward of the post-war years , Ken Gee . |
| 20 | Under his ownership , Craigie Mains went from strength to strength and soon he became the most prolific prize-winning owner the Clydesdale Society has known . |
| 21 | Over the 1930s and 1940s he became the most popular biographer in Britain . |
| 22 | The ghost of the Duke of Windsor haunted the minds of the family , patently aware that the older he became the more difficult it would be to find a virginal , Protestant aristocrat to be his bride . |
| 23 | No doubt such perception had contributed to the man 's wealth , D'Arcy considered , as he sought the most diplomatic way to accuse his client of dealing with a terrorist organisation . |
| 24 | Chief Inspector Kuhlmann of the Federal Police in Wiesbaden was chewing on his cigar as he read the Most Secret signal from London . |
| 25 | His greatest triumph came seven years later when he defeated the seemingly invincible Jimmy Connors to capture Wimbledon , with brilliant variations of pace and style . |
| 26 | As Defence Minister at the height of the Intifada in 1988 , Rabin had again taken a hard line , and Labour was widely thought to have gained popularity after he defeated the more doveish Shimon Peres ( his successor in 1977 ) to win back the party chairmanship in February 1992 [ see p. 38787 ] . |
| 27 | He regarded the mortally wounded man with no pity in his heart . |
| 28 | He moved the most experienced soldiers in two squads of twenty-five men each , and deployed them to make a wedge within the stockade , their lines defending its walls , the point of the wedge facing the valley formed by the stream below the hot springs . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , Theoderid did fight for the Romans against the Sueves in Spain in 446 , and in 451 he provided the most substantial portion of the confederacy which faced Attila and the Huns at the battle of the Catalaunian Plains . |
| 30 | Ashton described the innocence , piety and wonder of the Bride at the event to be when he created the exquisitely detailed hand movements in The Wise Virgins , as he did for La Péri and Madame Chrysanthème . |