Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Bet you never even noticed I was there for the first three years . " |
| 3 | I was there for the full week , being lucky enough to have a brother living in Crosby , so was able to take in most of the events and sights of interest , as well as having the pleasure of meeting old comrades at the Cunard Building |
| 4 | Jack seemed to realise she was there for the first time . |
| 5 | Although SHe suffered a disquieting disappointment when Jahsaxa told hir Malamute would not be coming back ( not even a goodbye ! ) , it was probably for the best . |
| 6 | And everyone in Maple Drive , as they cooked , consoled , took out their best suits and thought of even nicer things to say about Donald than the last nice thing that had been said about him , were privately so astonished , so relieved , so savagely glad to be alive that if someone had proposed to bury him upside down in a bucket of horse manure they would probably have agreed it was all for the best . |
| 7 | In only one respect were my original living arrangements altered , and it was all for the best . |
| 8 | Hari 's face was pale and Emily told herself sternly that it was all for the best , together she and Hari would prosper . |
| 9 | ‘ He realized I 'd be knocked out and did his utmost to persuade me it was all for the best . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps it was all for the best you lost the baby , Helen , ’ her mother said when Helen went to visit her . |
| 11 | It was only for the last three years of his life , from 1630 to 1633 , that he served as a country parson , as Vicar of Bemerton in Wiltshire and Canon of Salisbury . |
| 12 | He was also for the first time vaguely troubled about the DIA 's priorities in the Middle East , particularly with respect to the Western hostages in Beirut . |