Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all intended for the best . |
| 2 | So when you holiday in Britain you can wish for good weather and only hope for the best . |
| 3 | He writes and rewrites in long-hand , and endlessly checks for the smallest detail . |
| 4 | But it was probably too late to persuade Bigwig to be gentle : he could only hope for the best . |
| 5 | For example , many a small child knows that to alleviate the pain and irritation of a nettle sting he need only reach for the nearest broad-leaved docken , ( Rumex obtusifolius ) and rub it on the offending part for instant relief . |
| 6 | So prepare for the worst ; ’ and the word had scarce fled , |
| 7 | He was starting to appear distinctly shopworn , Lucy noted ; he seemed to have bought himself a new shirt , but a dip-through in a hotel washbasin did n't exactly make for the best possible finish . |
| 8 | East European countries are thus competing for the best western companies just as western companies are competing for contracts . |
| 9 | He does n't just hope for the best in other people — he genuinely believes in it . |
| 10 | Well we will just hope for the best , he 's not going up there so that 's one less . |
| 11 | So best prepare for the worst |
| 12 | I did not really know what to expect away from the National Health Service and my mum , and so , armed with a small library of books and the good wishes of a Jamaican midwife at Homerton hospital , I just hoped for the best . |
| 13 | There was no question of simply negotiating a deal with one American company , as producers had done in the 1930s , and then just hoping for the best . |
| 14 | ‘ We will go to Leeds , the defending champions , feeling confident , instead of just hoping for the best — and that 's a measure of how far we 've come . |
| 15 | This is not an amalgamation for its own sake , it is not an amalgamation to manage a continuing and more comfortable decline , it 's not bolting together two super unions into one mega union and just hoping for the best . |
| 16 | Of course you always fear for the worst , but she was reunited with her child , ’ Ms Davis said . |
| 17 | The Profitboss always goes for the best . |
| 18 | Did you know they always head for the warmest , softest parts of a person , parts like a boy 's teddy-tail , for instance . |
| 19 | He always looks for the best in people or in any given situation . |
| 20 | Thus the best libretto ever written for the best opera ever written is scarcely tolerable as reading matter . |
| 21 | Although 30 seconds , traditionally the most popular format , still accounts for the largest single share of commercial airtime , 20-second commercials are increasingly popular , and there has been a general tendency over the years for the average commercial to get shorter . |
| 22 | Nonconformity 's dependence on laissez faire and , in the case of Methodism , on competition among five separate bodies , had not always worked for the best and there had been a lot of wasted effort . |
| 23 | Science and technology still accounted for the largest group of students , though recruitment for technology was encountering difficulties in Britain generally . |
| 24 | The policy of austerity and a strong franc , which he had so staunchly defended for the best part of a decade ( and which had earned him such praise abroad ) , was being blamed within France for recession and for the record level of unemployment ( it broke through the symbolic 3m mark the day he handed over the reins of government ) . |
| 25 | He 'd probably asked for the best sherry available , she rightly guessed . |
| 26 | The net result is that enterprises with some form of linkage to the global market now account for the largest part of the global production structure — in raw materials , manufactures and services . |
| 27 | Schemes include Enterprise 5 's transformation of the Old Customs House and Sailor 's Home on the New Quay into yuppie flats and , something which is quite bizarre , the redevelopment of the old Bell St Tenements on the fish quay , originally built for the poorest of the poor in the 1920s , as posh flats . |
| 28 | ‘ Might as well go for the best , ’ Roman said , and Claudia wrinkled her nose at him . |
| 29 | When asked how he has chosen between the various versions of the same subject by Titian , Laclotte says that he has simply aimed for the best . |
| 30 | One presumes Waterloo then asked for the best of three for just qualifying for Bath is worth a minimum of £1,500 . |