Example sentences of "i [verb] [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's an older man and maybe an easier since he had me galloping the best of my horses lame over you , Owen . |
| 2 | The golden thread approach , coupled with considerations such as that post-Darwin certain past arguments no longer hold water , together with an element of an a priori ethical stance , seems to me to provide the best concerted argument for the ordination of women . |
| 3 | ‘ Say it , then , Sally-Anne Tunstall ; let me know the worst . |
| 4 | I caught up a bit during the '60s when I became the oldest teenager in town — in fact I was in my early thirties . |
| 5 | Two were routine , one richly comic , one quite serious ; and in none did I experience the slightest pain or discomfort . |
| 6 | I knew that if I made the slightest false step he would leap at me . |
| 7 | I mean the narrowest part of the river I would say is er where Hall Bridge is , that 's the narrowest part . |
| 8 | But I mean the best thing is the tin it come in . |
| 9 | I mean the lowest turn out in any of the constituencies in , in the general election was much higher than the turn out in local government , I think the lowest turn out in any individual constituency was about fifty four percent in the general election . |
| 10 | erm I mean the highest percentage of overseas visitors to this country are from America , and people , you know , like Paul Duffy at Blenheim Palace , you know , depend a great deal on the American visitor . |
| 11 | Erm but , at it at its worst I mean the worst publicity followed this this incident of a an elderly lady having her fingers broken and and money stolen off her by some some lads in their I do n't know late early teens I think . |
| 12 | ‘ By that , I mean the biggest club left to realise its potential . ’ |
| 13 | I mean the biggest thing really I think my interest in all this to get secure trade from us |
| 14 | Truly the cassowaries have the loudest — er , I mean the loveliest — voices in all the world ! " |
| 15 | I fear the worst . |
| 16 | I make the best of it , but er I |
| 17 | I got the greatest enjoyment from that . |
| 18 | I got the tastiest bird in the place and all that and er she spun it and spun it back to me and spun it . |
| 19 | In my union branch , as in many others , I expect the best activists to be voting Labour . |
| 20 | I 'm paying top dollar and I expect the best . |
| 21 | I always saw myself as a creator of space for particular needs , and I found the best ideas which fitted in with that need and that slot and I then encouraged and challenged and stimulated and created the space for that production team to make that programme in the best possible way . |
| 22 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
| 23 | For England I suggest the best time is between late September and the end of November , avoiding Remembrance Sunday . |
| 24 | This was not something upon which I wished to dwell , as I approached the narrowest section of the ridge . |
| 25 | It was the number one awkward question but I discerned the faintest gleam of hope ; he had spoken in the unmistakable harsh , glottal accent of my home town . |
| 26 | ‘ I am being realistic , I want the best for all of us . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I want the best possible football , but … it must be purposeful , it must be effective . ’ |
| 28 | Now , I want the best for you , the best that I can give you , because in a way you belong to me now , and Ben there . ’ |
| 29 | Then , I want the best legal advice you can get for me . |
| 30 | I want it blue , I want it royal , I want the best blood money can buy . |