Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donna joined him and he found her the shortest ones , saying , ‘ You have the short ones . |
| 2 | Well , he found them the best ski runs in the Cairngorms when they started and they could n't afford to give him anything very spectacular , so he said , ‘ Can I have the ski shop and the bobble hat concession ? ’ |
| 3 | Occasionally he found it the tiniest glint of deep blue . |
| 4 | If he showed them the latest Washington telegram which he had seen before his departure [ KPs 66 and 85 ] , they would have been made aware that although they had to exercise the utmost restraint for the time being , a new and firmer policy might soon be adopted . |
| 5 | ‘ The omnipotence of the House of Commons , ’ he wrote , ‘ is revolution itself and death to the true old English constitution ’ — of which he fancied himself the best judge . |
| 6 | ‘ Would ye , ’ Rab asked ; he thought it the daftest question , ‘ if somebody tells ye they could fly ye on a kite ? |
| 7 | He said he liked us and wanted us to come back , though he liked me the best … |
| 8 | He gave her the slowest , steadiest smile he could manage . |
| 9 | He wished us the best of luck and advised us that the Brigade was here to stay . |
| 10 | He accounted himself the unluckiest man alive . |
| 11 | For me , it was sufficient satisfaction that Eliot had approved my essay ; that he considered it the best thing I had done ; and that I had been one of the few to express opinions which had his total concurrence . |