Example sentences of "out for [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.

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1 A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land .
2 If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub .
3 Fenella retrieved her plate , keeping an eye out for the fastest claw in the East End .
4 the name of the game is to race over the mountains … you can either go flat out for the fastest time … or take a treasure hunt sort of trail where you find and check in at remote control points … the route you find yourself …
5 We can only pray and hope it 'll turn out for the best . ’
6 ‘ It 'll all turn out for the best , you mark my words .
7 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 .
8 ‘ Joan , it will all turn out for the best — I know it will , ’ Anne assured her , seating herself on the edge of the bed .
9 It would turn out for the best in the end ; it must .
10 ‘ Oh , it all worked out for the best . ’
11 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 .
12 ‘ Well ’ — she straightened her broad shoulders ‘ perhaps everything 's turning out for the best then .
13 To have self-confidence is great and it helps when you apply for a new job , but to eat up your seed corn because you 're sure all will turn out for the best is foolhardy .
14 ‘ Do n't worry , Mary , ’ her mother said , as she said so often these days , her own face a portrait of Anxiety , ‘ everything will turn out for the best . ’
15 A feeling all will turn out for the best .
16 So it , it was it turned out for the best .
17 ‘ So things worked out for the best , I suppose , ’ Maggie said carefully .
18 ‘ Strangely , things work out for the best , ’ she whispered .
19 ‘ It has all worked out for the best , yes ?
20 Things will turn out for the best , ’ he added cryptically .
21 I 'm sure everything will work out for the best . ’
22 What a load of bull … the bidders fight it out for the best of British beef .
23 On the other hand , if the parents and older children can manage the transition successfully , the way out for the youngest may be eased .
24 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 .
25 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 .
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