Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 2 | Because he 's given me the greatest gift of friendship . |
| 3 | Thanks very much Mark , you 've given me the hardest part . |
| 4 | I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem . |
| 5 | ‘ The lean-line droopiness of Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed 's big-drum bravado make them the best double act since Laurel and Hardy , ’ wrote Alexander Walker in the London Evening Standard . |
| 6 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
| 7 | To Ajax he says : ‘ I would thou didst itch from head to foot ; an ’ I had the scratching of thee , I would make thee the loathsomest scab in Greece' ( 27ff . ) . |
| 8 | I would thou didst itch from head to foot ; an I had the scratching of thee , I would make thee the loathsomest scab in Greece . |
| 9 | Alexandra said , ‘ You will both think me the poorest — sport , but I 'm going to refuse . ’ |
| 10 | Wonderful Members of Parliament , who , little more than twenty years before , had made themselves merry with the wild railroad theories of engineers , and given them the liveliest rubs in cross-examination , went down into the north with their watches in their hands , and sent on messages before by the electric telegraph , to say that they were coming Night and day the conquering engines rumbled at their distant work , or advancing smoothly to their journey 's end , and gliding like tame dragons into the allotted corners grooved out to the inch for their reception , stood bubbling and trembling there , making the walls quake , as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers yet unsuspected in them , and strong purposes not yet achieved . |
| 11 | Three thousand members of the British Shops and Stores Association ( which , since last Autumn has incorporated NARF ) , were invited to nominate the flooring manufacturer who has given them the best service . |
| 12 | Willi had given them the briefest of explanations for their presence being required but they were becoming as alarmed as Gesner by this talk of lawsuits and the resignation of Franz Busacher . |
| 13 | PEOPLE send me the funniest letters . |
| 14 | Well , he found them the best ski runs in the Cairngorms when they started and they could n't afford to give him anything very spectacular , so he said , ‘ Can I have the ski shop and the bobble hat concession ? ’ |
| 15 | The ANC described the membership of the five MPs ( who were subsequently expelled from the DP ) as formalizing a " long-standing relationship which has earned them the greatest respect " and as underlining the ANC 's commitment to " a truly non-racial South Africa " . |
| 16 | ‘ I promised you the best assassin in England , Mr Estabrook , and he 's here . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know who the latest one was . ’ |
| 18 | Well , we deal with a wide range of different groups , and erm we 've got to produce a best advice list , and er we try to find you the best contract available in the market . |
| 19 | If he 's trying to find you the cheapest |
| 20 | ‘ I promised her the best view of Florence from here , Mama , ’ he said over his shoulder as he wrestled with the catch . |
| 21 | Donna joined him and he found her the shortest ones , saying , ‘ You have the short ones . |
| 22 | A note from Bartram in 1745 seems to imply a slight difference of opinion as his account of some American pines had been questioned : ‘ But as I have great opinion of Miller 's learning and judgement , I am engaged in duty and friendship to inform him the best I can . ’ |
| 23 | In a follow-up survey , the great majority rated it the best AIDS resource they had seen . |
| 24 | I found it the greatest fun . |
| 25 | Occasionally he found it the tiniest glint of deep blue . |
| 26 | ‘ Now I have to know what the latest styles are it 's part of my job . ’ |
| 27 | It is clearly important to establish what the earliest plan of a village was , since there have often been many post-medieval changes . |
| 28 | " I got fed up of seeing people 1 knew getting dressed up and going to pubs or discos , because I could n't and I did n't know what the latest was — and round here that matters a lot , " said a nineteen-year-old Wigan woman with a child . |
| 29 | Do you even know what the latest technology is ? |
| 30 | ‘ We said prayers for his recovery and Tony 's dad has promised to keep in touch to let us know what the latest is . |