Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] the best " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
| 2 | ‘ I promised her the best view of Florence from here , Mama , ’ he said over his shoulder as he wrestled with the catch . |
| 3 | ‘ I promised you the best assassin in England , Mr Estabrook , and he 's here . |
| 4 | But I told him the best publishers to try — the pink-ohs , you know . |
| 5 | Ooh I think I like yours the best , this is a bit heavy . |
| 6 | But as , as I say it was a job at that time and and in fact I 'd never , this was the only factory I had n't fancied , working in was the B M K , and yet I like it the best . |
| 7 | Well I tell you the best one is |
| 8 | ‘ I brought you the best of what was left , ’ Simon went on . |
| 9 | Some people do n't do anything — some people 's places really are n't clean … well , this one is n't very , but I keep it the best I can . |
| 10 | I gave her the best books |
| 11 | Beautiful Swaledale I love thee the best , |
| 12 | I did n't know Tonya very well , but I wish her the best . ’ |
| 13 | At only 18 , Dundas will be seeing things through young and excited eyes and I wish him the best . |
| 14 | I was interested to hear the Hon. Gentleman raise the subject of the scanner proposal , and I wish it the best of success . |
| 15 | His name was Edward Greenwood , and as they all sat down , he said , ‘ I 've heard all about you from Helen and I wish you the best of luck . |
| 16 | Please could you tell me the best form of algae to keep in a fish-only aquarium ? |
| 17 | We 're six lads going on holiday in the summer to Tenerife- Can you tell us the best places to go beachwise and clubwise ? |
| 18 | ‘ And you gave me the best ! ’ |
| 19 | You gave him the best he could want . ’ |
| 20 | She liked it the best of all her books . |
| 21 | ‘ Shall we make it the best of three ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 23 | We wish him the best of luck with this venture and he has promised that he wo n't forget us when he becomes famous ! |
| 24 | Joan Daniels has now been appointed Honorary Treasurer of the Medau Society and we wish her the best of luck in balancing the books — figuratively speaking ! |
| 25 | Well we wish you the best of luck , and er well let us know how you get on when you get back . |
| 26 | So really you 're you ca n't lose they come they give you the best advice , they give it in a written form . |
| 27 | And I mean the nurses and everybody , the doctors were really great , and they give us the best of treatment there , and I do n't think you 'll speak to anybody that was in the hospital that 'll say anything differently , they were really great . |
| 28 | 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 ? ’ |
| 29 | Could he give her the best of food or pay for a doctor if she fell sick or buy her fine clothes or anythin' she fancies ? |
| 30 | Someone of my acquaintance once broke her ankle by falling over in the bathroom and while she could have dragged herself quite easily along the floor to a telephone in the bedroom if she had had one , as it was it took her the best part of an agonising hour to struggle down the stairs to the phone in the living room . |