Example sentences of "she was the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she was kind to me I thought she was the best person in the world , but she did not always have time for me . |
| 2 | Maybe he was biased , but as far as he was concerned , she was the best claimer in the country . |
| 3 | She was the best friend I ever had . |
| 4 | ‘ She 's very strict , ’ Vimla once told me , ‘ But they say that in her youth she was the best dancer in North India . ’ |
| 5 | Her husband later told a news conference : ‘ She was the best thing that any man could wish for . ’ |
| 6 | No doubt she did some things that were … well , regrettable , I do n't know , but she worked very hard while she was with my family and she was the best nanny we ever had . |
| 7 | She was the best horse at Ascot where she got disqualified and she was brilliant at Sandown when people said she would n't handle going much the same as it will be at York . ’ |
| 8 | She was the highest earner . |
| 9 | She also suffered a broken jaw and cheekbone in the attack in her room at the home where she was the eldest resident . |
| 10 | Soon he would need to vent the anger she felt already gathering , and she was the nearest person . |
| 11 | She was the largest ship to enter Sharpness Docks since the war , and many local people had turned up to watch her berth . |
| 12 | ‘ She was the closest girlfriend he has ever had and I ca n't imagine anyone getting that near to him again . ’ |
| 13 | The book emerged on Monday , on Wednesday was broadcast as a play , on Thursday Daniel George ( Dan , Dan , the literary man , John calls him ) spoke on the wireless and said she was the greatest writer of her day , and on Sunday morning the book was discussed by a querulous little bunch called ‘ The Critics ’ , who seem to be part of the Establishment , and on Sunday afternoon , lo and behold , the television ( commercial ) went into Braemar Mansions itself , where she was interviewed by Alan Pryce-Jones [ then Editor of The Times Literary Supplement ] … . |
| 14 | She was the sunniest girl I ever knew . |
| 15 | Kiku was always pretending that she hated the stares of men , but in reality she was the vainest person alive . |
| 16 | When she looked at him through her veil her fears vanished and she thought that she was the luckiest girl in the world . |
| 17 | She was the loveliest girl that I 'd ever seen in my life , and her voice was like music . |
| 18 | Dressed in a gown of deepest blue that complemented her dark eyes and rich hair , she was the loveliest creature he had ever seen . |
| 19 | She was the youngest student to attend Oxford when she started a maths degree at 12 . |
| 20 | Apart from her father and her brother Niall who had come down from the watchtower , she was the tallest person present , and her fine clothes lent her a new self-confidence . |
| 21 | Suddenly , all thoughts of Nicky forgotten , she was the happiest girl in the world . |
| 22 | She was the latest woman to be claimed by the Troubles . |