Example sentences of "he [was/were] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was amongst the earliest modern scientists to confront seriously the supernatural dimensions of nature and mind , and was a pioneering author who supported , amongst other novel ideas , equal rights for women , social justice , nature conservation and land distribution . |
| 2 | The day was fabulous and David performed extremely well although he was in the blackest of moods . |
| 3 | I do n't think he was in the best of moods when he , we got to him . |
| 4 | Both on-screen and at speaking engagements , he was in the fullest sense a commentator on the sport , and was frequently critical of its administrators . |
| 5 | After all , the local cinema , the Cach , had been his dream world and here he was in the biggest Cach in the world doing more or less what he had seen ‘ the greats ’ doing in the Thirties . |
| 6 | It was going to happen to him all over again , and he was in the worst possible company . |