Example sentences of "that [noun sg] was the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that 's , that , that football was the best thing of course . |
| 2 | They always appeared in a ‘ special comedy show ’ on Christmas night — and perhaps the creaking and overfed somnolence of that evening was the best state in which to watch their predictable routines . |
| 3 | But the main there 'ere is , we have n't actually changed our position we have actually stated clearly that we wanted to achieve something , we wanted to make sure that what was being provided in that community was the best best thing possible within the resources available and that things developed on This amendment takes us that way forward and we are at least being clear to our principles rather than just being negatively obstructive . |
| 4 | That night was the coldest of our expedition when the temperature plummeted to ±25 °C . |
| 5 | After my first day I felt really tired when I got home , as that day was the longest day of my life . |
| 6 | ‘ That morning was the best of my life as far as Test cricket is concerned . ’ |
| 7 | That fortress-monastery was the nearest roost of ultimate warriors capable of obliterating a world . |
| 8 | Deciding that attack was the best form of defence , I knelt beside him and lowering my head to within inches of his , said , ‘ Next time , It 'll be the bread knife . ’ |
| 9 | Like a twat I decided that attack was the best way of preserving my job , and so I demanded that the board give me complete control over team selection , tactics , welfare etc. , with no boardroom interference whatsoever . |
| 10 | The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ . |
| 11 | Because after all the right decision is to find in terms of general happiness and so you would have thought that voting was the best way of finding out where their general happiness lies . |
| 12 | How he could just sit there in that silence was the hardest thing I have ever tried to figure out . |
| 13 | But as recently as last month junior health minister Tim Yeo said publicly that self-regulation was the best way of developing the private domiciliary sector . |
| 14 | He was opening for a rock band and his playing at that time was the best , for me . |