Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for the [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 | When the programme 's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp , Focus came in for the heaviest criticism . |
| 3 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Shop around for the best possible deals and the best service . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Well ’ — she straightened her broad shoulders ‘ perhaps everything 's turning out for the best then . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | So it , it was it turned out for the best . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I 'm sure everything will work out for the best . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ First , because other insurers have intermediaries who are forced by competition to look around for the best price . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ Roll up , roll up for the Greatest Show on Earth , ’ Jack cried expansively , waving his arms around . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , it all worked out for the best . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ So things worked out for the best , I suppose , ’ Maggie said carefully . |
| 21 | On the other hand there will be a greater onus to shop around for the best home for whatever spare cash you may have . |
| 22 | Have the flexibility of being able to shop around for the best possible deals and get the best professional advice ; |
| 23 | Unless something is done , dealer margins will continue in free fall and the customers will continue to shop around for the best price in the belief that service is universally lousy , and that 's in nobody 's interest . |
| 24 | FREE-market economics took on a new meaning last week as schools received an invitation to shop around for the cheapest General Certificate of Secondary Education exams . |
| 25 | As Britain 's largest electricity maker , NatPower has to shop around for the cheapest fuel available . |
| 26 | Quickly introducing herself to the sister-in-charge , she looked around for the nearest unattended patient . |
| 27 | As we looked around the store , Reid explained to me , ‘ Johnson worked on a pearling lugger , stashed a bit of money away , looked around for the healthiest woman on the island , married her and set up shop . |
| 28 | It slithered on to the road , looked round for the nearest tuft of grass and made straight for it , pulling Mr Bean after it . |
| 29 | After high school in Greece , to which the family returned when Mendoros was in his teens , he looked round for the best place to pursue his obsession — which is what brought him to Perth . |
| 30 | I collect snow and start off for the nearest dead tree with the big knife and an axe . |