Example sentences of "i [vb past] the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | AT a public election meeting held in St Luke 's Church Hall , Ferryhill , on Sunday , March 29 , I asked the following of the three candidates . |
| 2 | I asked the same of Benjamin as we walked out of a postern gate of St Bartholomew 's back towards the river , but my master was only half-listening . |
| 3 | I made the most of this and did lots of work and piano and clarinet practice . |
| 4 | As I passed the two of them a second security guard came out of the doorway , holding a fat canvas money-bag . |
| 5 | I got the last of them . |
| 6 | ‘ I found the two of them sitting behind a curtain , on a window-seat , ’ said Reggie . |
| 7 | I used the last of that er Minit or whatever you call it , Monit |
| 8 | I used the longest of my Bronica range , which is the 250mm , and really needed a longer one . |
| 9 | I used the longest of my Bronica range , which is the 250mm , and really needed a longer one . |
| 10 | ‘ I told the D-G of your Service what I thought , once . |
| 11 | In March 1953 I received the last of her novels to reach me in Egypt . |
| 12 | I climbed the highest of these one day when Mallaig was too crowded with visitors for my liking and suffered my only experience of hostility from a Highlander . |
| 13 | Just two days later , at a party attended by a particularly ‘ old ’ ( and tarty ) flame of his , the expression on my face as I watched the two of them exchange meaningful glances would surely have revealed the same disgust and disdain that Diana displays whenever she encounters one of her husband 's confidantes . |
| 14 | I watched the first of the Fleetwoods roar away with headlights shining and felt a nudge in the kidneys and heard a soft voice . |
| 15 | Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper . |
| 16 | ‘ The five survivors in the CR 42 formation were swinging to their right towards and below me , which made it difficult to attack the three planes nearest me , so I chose the outer of the two planes on their left , laid off a deflection and opened fire again . |
| 17 | I thought the two of you were set to — ‘ Angalo began . |
| 18 | I thought the three of you did very well thank you , because you 're absolutely right . |
| 19 | Then I took the oldest of the wasp cadavers from its little tray and tipped it on to the white pile of granules . |
| 20 | But er just er just different er Then during the war I I did the some of the er work for the cooperative you know , like fire damage or water damage and that you know . |
| 21 | I said the second of March |
| 22 | It seemed a treat to put a long dress on , I actually enjoyed it ; but to play around in I had jeans and trousers , so I had the best of both worlds really . |
| 23 | Even when I was a schoolboy I was able to disguise it because my parents made sure that I had the best of footwear specially made to build up my right foot without making it obvious that this was the case . |
| 24 | I found I had the best of both worlds . |
| 25 | I still made sure I had the best of claes . |
| 26 | I had the two of them for Christmas and it did n't |
| 27 | At that point , rather late one night , he and I had the last of a long sequence of talks . |
| 28 | But I left the first of her three Sunday night shows feeling vaguely let down after a set that mixed the great with the gaffs . |
| 29 | I swilled the last of the ouzo round in my glass . |
| 30 | I slid the last of the three jackets over the plain black sheath , re-glossed my lips , re-spiked my hair and ‘ … |