Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was the best " in BNC.
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1 | Even some Right-wing opposition politicians reckoned it was the best Mr Mitterrand could have done in the circumstances . |
2 | ‘ The right hook that finished him was the best body punch I 've ever thrown ’ said Damien with the air of a winner . |
3 | I figured it was the best way to keep the interaction between the guitar and the lyrics , which is the whole point for me . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Like any good manager Donald Wilson chose David Whitaker to story edit Doctor Who because he felt he was the best man for the job . |
6 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |
7 | Children would normally go to London when they ran away from home , because they thought it was the best place to go to get a job , and where they could sleep easily . |
8 | And as they run in er and I always thought it was the best of the show . |
9 | But he insisted it was the best way to banish the bitterness of the recent past . |
10 | She regarded him suspiciously , and realised it was the best he was going to do for her . |
11 | Yet he realized it was the best he was likely to get from Nora and that , on balance , he would do well to think of it as ‘ Nora 's apology , ’ accept it as such , and hope that these aberrations in her behaviour would die away . |
12 | John Heminges said I was the best properties man in the city . |
13 | But the managers I played for all said I was the best professional . |
14 | Duncan said it was the best that he had ever seen . |
15 | Both Bryan Robson and Alex Ferguson said it was the best they had ever seen a Wimbledon side play — it makes a change to get credit when it 's due . ’ |
16 | William said it was the best political occasion he could remember since he had heard Aneurin Bevan speak in South Wales during the war . |
17 | He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’ |
18 | She said it was the best one she 'd ever done . |
19 | Richard Zanuck , vice-president of Twentieth Century-Fox , said it was the best he had seen . ’ |
20 | He 'd got all the er information about it when he came and he said it was the best type of covering if you 've got dogs or cats . |
21 | In a letter of ‘ unanimous support ’ published in the Times today , the ten board members said he was the best person to lead the corporation . |
22 | He was selected because those responsible for choosing the successor to a hugely popular MP considered he was the best candidate . |