Example sentences of "she [vb past] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the sheet of paper inside she read the baldest message . |
| 2 | She said I did n't appreciate her , I took her for granted , I did n't notice all the little things she did and that I sulked if she made the slightest mistake . |
| 3 | The 12th-seeded Sukova , playing in her 44th Grand Slam singles event , is enjoying a revival as she became the lowest seed to reach the final since 16th-seed Pam Shriver 15 years ago . |
| 4 | Last year she became the youngest player ever to represent Wales . |
| 5 | Among the latter was a letter for Silas , and as she lifted it she caught the faintest hint of perfume . |
| 6 | She found the finest clay , built a web of wires to spread it on , and sat breathless at her bench . |
| 7 | Tessa , a keen machine knitter , was a little nervous as she had just moved from the South and was conscious of the supposed North/South divide but she found the warmest welcome . |
| 8 | Every time she heard the slightest noise , she found herself glancing towards the archway . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Thankful that because of Rosie 's appendix she knew the quickest way to the hospital well , Shelley drove like a demon after the ambulance , and ran in as the casualty was stretchered in . |
| 11 | She managed the slightest nod . |
| 12 | In the hall she chose the prettiest coat she had . |
| 13 | She trained at LAMDA , where she won the Best Actress of the Graduating Year award . |
| 14 | She bought the cheapest meat , the cheapest vegetables . |
| 15 | On arriving at Uncle Albert 's , she scattered the latest batch of letters across his kitchen table . |
| 16 | She gave the slightest bow . |
| 17 | Certainly she had the lightest skin among them , but she was not red-coloured , like the red of an egg . |
| 18 | Then she had the severest strain put on the control of her newly awakened ear-boxing predilection when his mouth twitched at the corners and it seemed , for a moment , that her sarcasm had amused him . |
| 19 | Claudia was so outraged that she had the greatest difficulty in keeping the rage she felt enough under control for her to be coherent . |
| 20 | But she had the prettiest face and the sweetest smile you 've ever seen . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Sometimes she had the oddest feeling that she would have been able to confide in Paul , to pour out to him the whole bloody silly story without causing him to bat so much as an eyelid . |
| 23 | She had the oddest impression that she was taking part in a play , for which she knew neither her lines , nor the stage directions . |
| 24 | She had the oddest desire to touch the dark curls that danced on his head . |
| 25 | She was a quiet , gentle soul , she had no malice in her , but I doubt whether she had the smallest capacity for taking care of other people . |
| 26 | She had the best dress sense of any girl in Benedict 's and a passion for altering the colour of her hair . |
| 27 | She had the nicest forehead I ever saw . ’ |
| 28 | However , in 1926 she had the largest show of her lifetime , at the New Chenil Galleries , London , and received considerable attention . |
| 29 | Naturally she had the largest room , complete with double bed . |
| 30 | 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 . |