Example sentences of "he [verb] to the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increasingly he resorted to the crudest measurements of progress and methods of achieving it . |
| 2 | By the time he got to the oldest , a tiresome socialite friend of his mother 's , he started : ‘ I do n't think much … . ’ |
| 3 | So he says to the oldest one he said just do ah , he said three four kick or something |
| 4 | Now he came to the youngest brother , who was living in a tiny hut in the forest with his young wife Militsa . |
| 5 | He gestured to the nearest table . |
| 6 | There was the famous occasion when he picked at a wall behind a bus stop while waiting for a bus and found a rare specimen fossil ; and the occasion when he cut his leg while climbing a rockface at Craigleith Quarry and failed to notice it until his Wellington boot was full of blood , whereupon he drove to the nearest hospital for stitches and a transfusion . |
| 7 | He retreated to the deepest part and stood up to the chest in filth , weeping . |
| 8 | In standing out for true sportsmanship on the field Mr Chapman , loyally backed by his players , set a standard which has raised the sport he loved to the highest level , and has won for him the gratitude of sportsmen the world over . ’ |
| 9 | He climbed the three steps to the door , and pushed at it , but it was securely locked , so he went to the nearest window . |
| 10 | ‘ Morning , ’ he said to the nearest policeman , whose head was buried in the engine . |
| 11 | And he pointed to the nearest cow . |