Example sentences of "she [vb past] [art] most [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Sadly for Kylie though , whether or not she got the most important role she had yet auditioned for did not depend on a man already convinced of her potential .
2 Before she gave me my jab , she asked the most pertinent question that anyone had so far posed .
3 Her career began in Detroit where she sat in with Charlie Parker and Dizzie Gillespie and on moving to New York she became the most important vocal interpreter of Parker 's music .
4 She provided the most lively moment in a barnstorming speech ( reminiscent of another female leader recently toppled ) lambasting the people for not recognising the true benefits of communism — tidy streets , punctual trains and predictable politics .
5 She found the most sensible shoes she had and prepared to depart , rushing back at the last minute to snatch up a loose shirt and shrug into it .
6 Interestingly she found the most enthusiastic recipients were schoolboys and elderly couples .
7 As she entered the most dynamic period of her career , Kylie took stock of the success — and tried to analyse the curious chemistry of the TV series that set her on the road to it .
8 Several times during the performance she permitted the most delicious show of her own .
9 She blushed a most beautiful crimson — more beautiful than all the flowers .
10 Knowing he was greatly influenced by astrology , she persuaded the most famous astrologer of her day to draw up horoscopes for herself and the man she was betrothed to .
11 Then , as the flame of the lamp flickered and grew , she saw the most wonderful answer to her problems .
12 All the time he slept she lay there longing acutely for him to go , and when he did she felt the most immense relief and vowed that now she had escaped his presence she would never never put herself in that position again .
13 Sitting on the next barstool was an antiques dealer called James ; he discussed his feelings with Clare for the next two hours and then took her to dinner at the Ox on the Roof , where she chose the most filling dishes .
14 Always she chose the most deserted routes .
15 Her service demanded more than just strength and devotion , for she had a most sensitive skin which attracted mosquitoes and during the rainy season and its close , was constantly itching and scratching .
16 She had a most beautiful body which looked opalescent in the half light .
17 She had the most extraordinary longing to lay her head on his chest and lean on him as though he were a tree or something solid of that sort , to feel his arms close round her .
18 She had the most ghastly pallor , Sabine thought , racing to fetch her jacket from the car and put it under the older woman 's head as a pillow .
19 She livened things up considerably , but then she had the most interesting part — by turns urgent , sinister and weird , against the clarinet 's rather bland melodiousness and the pianist 's all-purpose provision of harmony and counterpoint .
20 However , before the visit ended the husband and wife both admitted to being charmed with Annabel 's friend , and that they could understand their daughter 's feelings towards her , for the girl was not only as beautiful as Annabel had described her , but also she had the most pleasing and cultured voice .
21 That was some smart car out there — and , since they did n't come any more ‘ top brass ’ than him , she had the most uncanny feeling that the Jaguar was his .
22 She had the most beautiful blonde hair .
23 Oh , yes , Sir Roger Shallot , now well past his ninetieth year , the darling and most loyal subject of the great Elizabeth , daughter of Anne Boleyn ( she had the most beautiful tits ) and , allegedly , the Great Killer himself , Henry VIII — the fat syphilitic bastard !
24 and do you know , she had the most enormous Christmas er lunch , about six o'clock she said , could I have a bowl of soup ?
25 She said the most amazing things , I thought .
26 ‘ I showed a friend of mine round here one day and she said the most stunning difference was that the clients actually talked to each other .
27 She said the most important thing in the world was little frogs living in a flower , ’ Masklin went on , trying to listen to the voice of his own memory .
28 She leaped the most fearsome raspers of hedges , where even cavalry ensigns — even Irish cavalry ensigns — turned aside .
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