Example sentences of "[was/were] best [verb] for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ISAAC ASIMOV , who has died in New York aged 72 , was best known for his works of science fiction , a genre in which he reigned supreme , but he could also claim to have written more books about more subjects than any other author . |
| 2 | Cardew was best known for his portrayal of the comic character Cardew the Cad , a tall overgrown schoolboy who wore short trousers , cap and scarf and recalled school pranks while on stage . |
| 3 | Sir Geraint was best known for his portrayal of Falstaff . |
| 4 | Peach was best known for his geological fieldwork in Scotland with John Horne [ q.v. ] , |
| 5 | Warner was best known for his work on optics and mathematics . |
| 6 | However , Davison was best known for his work as a writer on the history of British earthquakes and seismology in general . |
| 7 | I had been trying to get a membership list for the Cicero Club , but the only other name I could come up with was George Macready , a scarfaced iceman who had a profitable share of the City 's gambling and was best known for his sword-extruding walking stick . |
| 8 | Before today farmer Richard Cheshire was best known for his prize-winning sheep . |
| 9 | John Piper was best known for his very English pictures of the countryside , including his own house near Henley-on-Thames , where he lived for more than fifty years . |
| 10 | John Piper was best known for his very English pictures of the countryside , including his own house near Henley-on-Thames , where he lived for more than fifty years . |
| 11 | A brave adventurer amidst both mortal and fairy worlds , Bran was best remembered for his voyage to the Island of Joy , a delightful place where sorrow , sickness and death were unknown . |
| 12 | Initially important for his courageous preservation of papal and episcopal authority against royal depredation , he was best remembered for his generosity to the poor , simplicity of life , devotion to parochial cares and his miracles . |