Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
| 2 | 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 ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I promised you the best assassin in England , Mr Estabrook , and he 's here . |
| 4 | ‘ I promised her the best view of Florence from here , Mama , ’ he said over his shoulder as he wrestled with the catch . |
| 5 | In a follow-up survey , the great majority rated it the best AIDS resource they had seen . |
| 6 | But I told him the best publishers to try — the pink-ohs , you know . |
| 7 | Esther Allan dusted off the music and taught her the best songs from Sugar and Spite . |
| 8 | ‘ The omnipotence of the House of Commons , ’ he wrote , ‘ is revolution itself and death to the true old English constitution ’ — of which he fancied himself the best judge . |
| 9 | I was wearier , I was more tolerant , that was the only difference and that change only enabled me the better to accept what I 'd always been . |
| 10 | Once installed , back in 1976 , they began the long and laborious process of renovating it themselves , without any professional help , which partly explains why it took them the best part of 10 years . |
| 11 | ‘ I brought you the best of what was left , ’ Simon went on . |
| 12 | It contained four sheets of paper closely covered in unfamiliar handwriting , and it was a measure of how relaxed he was that it took him the best part of a minute to realise that he was holding a copy of the letter written by Ruggerio Miletti to his family three days previously . |
| 13 | The journey took him the better part of an hour , due to delays on the Tube , but now , as he walked from the station , he felt a curious mixture of elation and anxiety . |
| 14 | Someone of my acquaintance once broke her ankle by falling over in the bathroom and while she could have dragged herself quite easily along the floor to a telephone in the bedroom if she had had one , as it was it took her the best part of an agonising hour to struggle down the stairs to the phone in the living room . |
| 15 | Christmas Eve brought us the good news that we had also been awarded Phase II of the East Merthyr Reclamation Scheme , known as Great White Tip . |
| 16 | We considered gas , electricity and oil , and natural gas offered us the best benefits , ’ said Mike MacCormack , Administrator at Dunster Castle . |
| 17 | The German army itself was in theory a composite force of Prussian , Saxon , Bavarian and Württemberger troops ; this diversity meant little more than differences of name and uniform , for the Prussian staff controlled the whole apparatus as a unified system and made it the best army in the world . |
| 18 | He said he liked us and wanted us to come back , though he liked me the best … |
| 19 | He gave me the good news that Elizabeth and Ernest were safe and well . |
| 20 | ‘ Royal Gait gave me the best day of my racing career at Cheltenham last March , ’ he added . |
| 21 | ‘ Trust yourself ’ she says and gave me the best gift in the universe , one hour of total relaxation . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And you gave me the best ! ’ |
| 23 | So a cat entering your house and being welcomed there gave you the good luck of having the Devil on your side . |
| 24 | Rosita was a bit old but she kept her body in good condition and the men liked her the best . |
| 25 | I gave her the best books |
| 26 | You gave him the best he could want . ’ |
| 27 | She liked it the best of all her books . |
| 28 | He made such a fine job of the earth , the sea and the hills ; He made an equally fine job of the creatures , large and small that run around on the land ; He even gave us the best crags in the world … |
| 29 | I shall not follow the hon. Member for Newry and Armagh ( Mr. Mallon ) who spoke about Ireland , because I am not qualified to do so , except to say that Ireland recently gave us the best rugby match in the world cup . |
| 30 | He wished us the best of luck and advised us that the Brigade was here to stay . |