Example sentences of "[was/were] for the best " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secretly , under layers and wads of protest , was her admission that he was right , that these things were for the best . |
| 2 | Whatever lay ahead , maybe it was for the best . |
| 3 | ‘ They said it was for the best , ’ said Gloria . |
| 4 | We were both sad , but it was for the best . |
| 5 | Dad did n't speak to Mum on the phone , and he did n't see her , knowing that this was for the best in the long run . |
| 6 | ‘ Father O'Neill has gone — it was for the best , ’ he told her . |
| 7 | Despite his brotherly teasing and criticisms , he was devoted to her and would not be speaking in this fashion unless he felt it was for the best . |
| 8 | ‘ But it was for the best that it did n't survive , ’ Cynthia said quickly . |
| 9 | I thought it was for the best . |
| 10 | I decided to decide that it was for the best . |
| 11 | Perhaps it was for the best . |
| 12 | All I can say is that it was for the best of reasons . ’ |
| 13 | Another winner from Newcastle was for the best overall score from the two rounds of golf which Steve Ridley , surveyor won . |
| 14 | As it happened , it was for the best . |
| 15 | ‘ So everything was for the best , Maggie ? ’ |
| 16 | Her soul , God rest it , it has left — People say " it was for the best " . |
| 17 | Well , maybe it was for the best . |
| 18 | Glass accepts this was for the best . |