Example sentences of "be for [art] best " in BNC.

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1 He lay with her for a little while as if all had been for the best and when , with a sudden , slithering movement , she was off the bed and into her dress , he thanked her , wished her good night .
2 Well , I had done what I could to protect the new catapult and , while I was sorry that what had happened at the Rabbit Grounds had cost me a trusted weapon with many battle honours to its name ( not to mention a significant sum out of the Defence budget ) , I thought that maybe what had happened had been for the best .
3 And that would undoubtedly have been for the best .
4 I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day .
5 I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best .
6 ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’
7 ‘ I know it 'll be for the best .
8 This gentle admonition did little to still the clamour of unilateralists in the churches ; yet there must surely be many Christians who have retained enough faith in divine Providence to believe that the world will not end unless God wills it and that , if He does , it will be for the best .
9 If by working with Roirbak it meant she had to leave Star Eye , it might be for the best .
10 As I shall say to her , it might all be for the best — now that he is king , I expect Edward will decide for himself whom to marry . ’
11 For a brief moment , she actually thought he would defy the old man , but then her heart sank when he sheepishly replied , ‘ Perhaps it would be for the best , dear . ’
12 Far more pupils are taken on than can hope to succeed in practice , and if you have not been able to impress any barrister sufficiently with your qualities to be taken on , it may perhaps be for the best that you are forced to look to a different career at this juncture .
13 In the end , however , this turned out to be for the best .
14 After all , it may be for the best .
15 ‘ It may be for the best , man , ’ Agnew was saying , ‘ though God knows I know how you must feel .
16 ‘ I truly feel it would be for the best . ’
17 Secretly , under layers and wads of protest , was her admission that he was right , that these things were for the best .
18 ‘ If you think it 's for the best , Daddy . ’
19 We hope it 's for the best , ’ said Mr Gennady Gerasimov , the chief spokesman , in pithy words which encapsulate the bold leap towards the Common European Home that Mr Egon Krenz , with Moscow 's backing , has made .
20 ‘ perhaps it 's for the best .
21 ‘ Oh well , maybe it 's for the best . ’
22 Naaah , it 's for the best … d' you wan na talk to these two ?
23 But as one passenger said : ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best .
24 But happen it 's for the best ; you had to know some time .
25 Well , I think it 's for the best , Kate .
26 ‘ I think it 's for the best , ’ she said .
27 ‘ It 's for the best . ’
28 It 's for the best , trust me . ’
29 ‘ I 've set my face towards it , and it 's for the best .
30 Then with a sigh , ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best .
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