Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SCOTTISH Tories , awaiting their election counts in the early hours of Friday , were prepared for the worst . |
| 2 | So the nurses were prepared for the worst , also . |
| 3 | Although forewarned by the bombardment , the Germans had not temporarily withdrawn from the heights ; so the troops in their trenches were bombarded for the best part of a week and could receive no food or relief from the devastating artillery fire . |
| 4 | There were three awards in both colour and black and white classes , with a top prize of £100. £10 consolation prizes were awarded for the best photo of each of the islands five vintage transport systems , a member of staff and the best junior entry . |
| 5 | The Col d'Aubisque is high , at 5,600 feet , and the views that you have from it are sumptuous , both back the way you have come , and now to the east as well , across to the prominent peak of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre , once thought to be the highest in the chain because it stands rather apart and closer to the plain , and before people took to actually measuring altitudes , the nearest peaks were mistaken for the tallest . |
| 6 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 7 | If she was prepared for the worst then , God willing , it would n't happen . |
| 8 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
| 9 | Having placed these matters on record in its minutes , the London committee proceeded to its own business : ( i ) a prize of 10 guineas was offered for the best description of not more than 20 cases of glanders ; ( ii ) the circularisation of honorary and subscribing members , asking for their ‘ communications on the veterinary art ’ . |
| 10 | The marriage game was played for the highest stakes by kings and emperors and counts ; there is no reason to suppose it reached these proportions elsewhere in the social scale . |
| 11 | Thus the scene was set for the worst disaster in the history of the British Army . |
| 12 | The correct royal and liturgical equipment was required for the greatest feast of the church 's year : its arrival from so " far away " ( in fact , from northern Aquitaine ) was timely in every sense . |