Example sentences of "was [vb pp] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modigliani was given the best room , all white and clean , ‘ where he never did sleep very much ’ . |
| 2 | Lucky me — I reckon I was given the best of both worlds . |
| 3 | Nicholson was obviously very grateful and benefited from the continuing rewards as the film made its way to Europe , where Dennis was voted the best new director of the year at Cannes . |
| 4 | He returned to Los Angeles and then caught a plane to Europe where he had been invited to show the finished article at the Venice Film Festival at which The Last Movie was voted the best picture on exhibition . |
| 5 | Although Gemmill 's goal was voted the best in the tournament , the sight of a mesmerised Alan Rough watching in disbelief as a Peruvian free kick flew past him into the net will remain one of Argentina 's most bleak moments . |
| 6 | Raleigh 's Activator Two , the first mass-produced bicycle with full front and rear suspension for better handling and greater control , which is now on show in the museum , was voted the Best Bike of 1993 at the Harrogate Cycle Fair . |
| 7 | Boro midfield player Graham Kavanagh was voted the best player in the tournament . |
| 8 | Events there were taking much the same course as they had in Portugal , and as Mark had resolved that problem in double quick time , he was considered the best man to deal with this new problem situation . |
| 9 | Marrying a first cousin was considered the best possible arrangement . |
| 10 | Radiotherapy was considered the best option for treatment but before this could be started , rapidly progressive dysponea developed . |
| 11 | Andrew Eliel , editor of the guide , said the award had been launched because it was felt the best chef did not necessarily work in the best restaurant . |
| 12 | While there was still the quota of run-of-the-mill assignments on the SMH , he quickly established himself and was offered the better jobs . |
| 13 | He said that he would check my eyes , but that if there was a problem and a replacement was needed the best he could do would be to charge me half-price of £50 for the new set . |
| 14 | The Count of Wissenland , Erich Adolphus , was counted the best general in the Empire , the victor of several fierce battles against the pretender to the Imperial throne , Count Gerhardt Meister of Middenland . |
| 15 | I had written what was judged the best essay on the topic of the Mortification of the Flesh : " Why do we mortify our flesh in Lent ? … |
| 16 | And we described what we were going to do on this walk and where we were going to go and both sort of referred to the same composition and there was a prize for the for the one that was judged the best . |
| 17 | The 28-strong band won the bell-lyre and woodwind sections and their drill was judged the best . |
| 18 | It was declared the best policy was for the ‘ sent down ’ youth to remain where they were so that they could make their valuable contribution to the motherland on the ‘ agricultural front ’ , as in previous decades . |