Example sentences of "[verb] what was [adj -est] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the professional 's specialized area of knowledge , the layman was unlikely to know what was best for himself . |
| 2 | Well they did n't know what was best for her . |
| 3 | Did n't know what was best for themselves half the time . |
| 4 | We decided to do what was best for Ryan . ’ |
| 5 | Given the world as he saw it , Bill was seeking to do what was best for the United States . ’ |
| 6 | Once we were at Arrancay together , I thought we 'd be able to talk it out — decide what was best for the future . |
| 7 | Brucan 's reference to the benefits of abandoning the ‘ idiocy of rural life ’ was the typical presumption of a Marxist intellectual that he knew what was best for the benighted peasant . |
| 8 | She had had enough of these old people who looked down at her from their height of years , who always knew what was best for her . |