Example sentences of "he [vb past] the most [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He surfed the most savage seas , smiling from ear to ear and hooting with joy , and he saved many lives . |
| 8 | Here he met the most notable trade unionists of the area , some of them with national reputations . |
| 9 | He became the most high-profile newscaster in Britain when he made his debut as the programme 's anchorman . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Over the 1930s and 1940s he became the most popular biographer in Britain . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Chief Inspector Kuhlmann of the Federal Police in Wiesbaden was chewing on his cigar as he read the Most Secret signal from London . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He had a choice of two shots and he played the most difficult one — the one that would make his ball stop better and hold . |
| 21 | In 1465 he received the most valuable component of his early endowment , the duchy lordships of Bolingbroke ( Lincs . ) , |
| 22 | In 1465 he received the most valuable component of his early endowment , the duchy lordships of Bolingbroke ( Lincs . ) , |
| 23 | He accomplished the most difficult of all sporting tasks : not just taking his team to the top but keeping it there . |
| 24 | He came the most appalling cropper . |
| 25 | Last night at Dundalk however he scored the most important win of his new career when he gave the Crumlin-trained La Greine a superb ride to win the old Sweet Afton Hunter Chase , now called the Tallanstown Chase . |
| 26 | He seemed the most serious case . |
| 27 | For the '60s he identified the most important factor as being government assistance , that is regional policy in all its forms . |
| 28 | With somewhat unconvincing ostentation , given Gould 's ignorance of Latin , he describes how he coined the most appropriate name for this unusual species . |
| 29 | As long ago as 1980 , he dominated the most potent fast attack in history . |
| 30 | As long ago as 1980 , he dominated the most potent fast attack in history . |