Example sentences of "they [vb past] the [adj -est] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom Mann believed that they made the best pickets of all . |
| 2 | They sold the best diamonds en route . |
| 3 | Indeed , there was a moment when they seemed the oldest eyes in the world . |
| 4 | The king 's mother and sister took her to their hut and they prepared the finest clothes for her . |
| 5 | Last Winter they suffered the worst floods for fifty years , with some homes being hit three times . |
| 6 | Luckily , Jean and Tina were compatible and amenable and between them , they softened the worst effects of Florence Keith 's interference . |
| 7 | They carved the longest bulletins on television into the news show we HAD to watch , launching a new genre of reporting after the stuffed-shirt formality of the BBC . |
| 8 | When they reached the nearest stairs the water was over Maggie 's ankles and still rising . |
| 9 | And yet their brands were no different and no better than what could be bought here , because her father had been to Harrods store in London and had a contract with them , and they were very good to deal with , for they gave the lowest prices to orders from clubs , messes , hotels and buyers . |
| 10 | Sports commentators had what many came to consider the most enviable job in the world ; they had the best seats for the best events in return for talking about what they loved anyway . |
| 11 | The reason I single out the engineers rather than the commentators or the producers is that they ensured the best pictures of the University Boat Race ever seen , as well as the usual smooth coverage of the Grand National . |