Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so afraid tonight when you did n't show up that I 'd made the biggest mistake of my life in letting you go back to England without trying to extract a promise from you . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd met the best , the most famous , and the richest , and they did n't have what this guy had , and I wanted it . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd given the best years of my life to television . |
| 4 | ‘ Although , when I was going he did give me a sort of squeeze and said I 'd got the loveliest mouth he 'd ever seen . ’ |
| 5 | I should still have thought that in securing him from Bolton Wanderers I had made the best bargain of my life . ’ |
| 6 | Lord above , I thought I had endured the worst of insults already this day ! |
| 7 | I knew when I had played the best game on the rugby field . |
| 8 | I had maintained the closest contact with the Foreign Office in the intervals between each trip and was a frequent visitor to the Foreign Secretary 's official residence in Carlton Gardens . |
| 9 | ‘ I started this year as number three and now I 've played the biggest game of the season so far , ’ he said . |
| 10 | I really liked both of these guitars and would urge anyone to try one , but I 've saved the best news until last : just look at the prices … |
| 11 | I 've seen the toughest soldiers break down and weep . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've done the best I can but the cut 's in an awkward place . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've given the best years of my life , ’ he faltered , and was unable to say more . |
| 14 | I 've had the roughest edges knocked off it when I went to University . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've bought the biggest shows in town . |
| 16 | I 've told the teeniest weeniest white lie and said that I will only be staying with you for a week or so . " |
| 17 | It 's too early for me right now — besides I 've got the best job in the world . |
| 18 | Souness said : ‘ I 'm not too upset by the new rule — I 've got the best outfield playing goalkeeper in the world ! |
| 19 | I 've got the best lawyers in Germany . |
| 20 | I 've got the best teacher in the world , do you have a nice teacher ? , |
| 21 | correction , I 've got the best teacher in the world |
| 22 | ‘ Although any draw against German opposition represents a big challenge , because I 've got the greatest respect and admiration for what they 've done at club and international level for over 20 years . |
| 23 | and it 's hard to tip the buggy up when I 've got the heaviest it 's , one in the front , it 's easier with the lightest one let's have your reigns on |
| 24 | I must say I 've only grown two maincrop this year , I 've been clearing some new ground and I 've just grown King Edward and Pink Fir Apple , I 've got the biggest biggest Pink Fir Apples you have ever seen bar none but I 'm coming back to you now Fred , I put to you a few minutes ago , your personal recommendations for the best three or four or five potatoes for the different cooking purposes . |
| 25 | The situation there is that the , there 're , if you have double rooms as doubles then there would be , we do have a relatively low occupancy but the committee had decided to move towards double rooms being used as single occupancy only and on the , I 've got the latest figures for the first of January in front of me just by ch really just by chance |
| 26 | I 've got the latest register somewhere — I think it 's in my room . |
| 27 | ‘ I have beaten the best in the world here this week — the No 2 , the No 4 and the No 1 , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ And I did indeed enjoy my visit but I think I have missed the best treat in the entire house , what a pity I did n't see you first . ’ |
| 29 | Now will I say that I have kissed the loveliest maiden in England . |
| 30 | The only journalism which I have done regularly is with the NI which is the group with which I have had the best understanding during my stay in Europe . |