Example sentences of "the [adv] [pron] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those last two miles were the longest I 've ever had to run ! ’ |
| 2 | I work with people on a one-to-one basis and the most I 've ever done is ten sessions with anyone . |
| 3 | Edwards said : ‘ The most I had ever scored before for Wigan was four tries — I never dreamt I 'd score ten . |
| 4 | ‘ It was the most I have ever felt nerves , ’ he was later to say . |
| 5 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? £90 |
| 6 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? £50 for a fancy goldfish . |
| 7 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? 32p |
| 8 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? |
| 9 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? |
| 10 | It is extremely light , low cut , very wide fitting — the widest I 've ever found for a long time — and together with an EVA insert into the sole unit , gave me very comfortable walking . |
| 11 | The early 1990s seem to be intensifying this pattern , with claimants reporting that each year is worse than the previous one and the hardest they have ever experienced ( Cohen , 1991b ) . |
| 12 | ‘ The decision to do so was one of the hardest I have ever made : but now that I am committed ( by dint of posting the letter before I had time to change my mind ) I began to be afraid of opposite extremes — afraid that I am merely indulging in an orgy of egoism . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He 's the nearest I 've ever seen him to snappish , for someone constitutionally incapable of bad temper . |
| 14 | An unlikely scenario : I 've never been to a desert and the nearest I 've ever got to authentic military action is when Action Man introduced eagle eyes and gripping hands . |
| 15 | This recipe is the closest I 've ever seen to the one which our family cook Rhoda would make , months in advance of Christmas . |