Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] for [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the programme 's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp , Focus came in for the heaviest criticism . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So it , it was it turned out for the best . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , it all worked out for the best . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ So things worked out for the best , I suppose , ’ Maggie said carefully . |
| 9 | Quickly introducing herself to the sister-in-charge , she looked around for the nearest unattended patient . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It slithered on to the road , looked round for the nearest tuft of grass and made straight for it , pulling Mr Bean after it . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She kicked out of the bikini-bottom that Fernando had succeeded in half tearing from her and struck out for the furthest end of the pool , laughter gripping her and weakening her limbs as he lashed out after her . |
| 14 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |