Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , however , you feel unable to do this , it would still help us if the questionnaire could be filled in for the largest course , and some indication be given of provision in other courses . |
| 2 | Most days Jo headed straight for the nearest john and took the hideous contraption off as soon as she was alone , muttering , ‘ If you got it , flaunt it ! ’ as she threw back her shoulders and felt the liberated flesh bounce free . |
| 3 | Then it headed straight for the nearest suitable planet and effected a landing . |
| 4 | At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off . |
| 5 | Below : The hard centres of such flowers as hellebores should be pressed separately for the best results . |
| 6 | There are not many precedents for the same Secretary of State and the same Permanent Secretary serving together for the best part of six years . |
| 7 | When the programme 's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp , Focus came in for the heaviest criticism . |
| 8 | If you do he will head straight for the nearest snag and you will be extremely fortunate to pull him out again . |
| 9 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 10 | Notwithstanding the merit and extent of his achievements , Gavin Hastings still retains the desire to reach out for the best of which he is capable with as yet undiminished zest : ‘ Unless you set yourself tasks and ambitions , unless you have new targets , there is n't much point in playing . |
| 11 | Now that circumstances have conspired to make an immediate share issue an unattractive option , Dell Computer Corp is looking around for the best alternative to raise cash to finance its soaraway growth . |
| 12 | Manville held his breath , listening intently for the faintest sound of life . |
| 13 | Shop around for the best possible deals and the best service . |
| 14 | With higher power , you need more light , so bigger lenses — so try 8x30 , 8x40 , 10x40 or 10x50 at a good store , and shop around for the best price . |
| 15 | In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years . |
| 16 | ‘ Well ’ — she straightened her broad shoulders ‘ perhaps everything 's turning out for the best then . |
| 17 | Yet all turned out for the best : on 20 July 1836 , Daniel Jones returned Benjamin his indenture , only too pleased to inscribe on the back of it the fact that he had appreciated the boy 's seven years with him , and making him a generous gift of five pounds in the process . |
| 18 | So it , it was it turned out for the best . |
| 19 | When Tiananmen finally broke their reserve , a million or more , a fifth of the population , turned out for the biggest of several demonstrations in sympathy with the Peking students . |
| 20 | I 'm sure everything will work out for the best . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ First , because other insurers have intermediaries who are forced by competition to look around for the best price . |
| 22 | Ideally , I suppose , we should look around for the thickest available development of a particular unit if we are to find anything approaching continuous sedimentation . |
| 23 | May we search consistently for the best in other people . |
| 24 | Many of those whose professional work involves care for old people are prone to believe that there was once an extended family system in this country whereby successive generations of kin lived together , the younger ones caring lovingly for the oldest . |
| 25 | Each month we have a pair of Saucony shoes to give away for the best letter on a running issue . |
| 26 | They would like government to do more for the weakest and the poorest , by direct transfers of income ( witness the rise in child benefit ) as well as by boosting educational standards . |
| 27 | They talked on for the best part of an hour , ending in agreement that there was no solution to this problem , short of the mass emigration of millions . |
| 28 | Wroughton airfield near Swindon was the busiest in the world this weekend , as more than fifteen hundred aircraft flew in for the largest rally of its kind outside the United States . |
| 29 | ‘ Roll up , roll up for the Greatest Show on Earth , ’ Jack cried expansively , waving his arms around . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , it all worked out for the best . ’ |