Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] all for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was all for a bit of ducking and diving , that 's how everyone lived in her estimation , but from what she had gleaned recently about her sons , it was a completely different lifestyle they were after . |
| 2 | It was all for a purpose , of course ; little that I do is not , one way or another . |
| 3 | And everyone in Maple Drive , as they cooked , consoled , took out their best suits and thought of even nicer things to say about Donald than the last nice thing that had been said about him , were privately so astonished , so relieved , so savagely glad to be alive that if someone had proposed to bury him upside down in a bucket of horse manure they would probably have agreed it was all for the best . |
| 4 | In only one respect were my original living arrangements altered , and it was all for the best . |
| 5 | Hari 's face was pale and Emily told herself sternly that it was all for the best , together she and Hari would prosper . |
| 6 | ‘ He realized I 'd be knocked out and did his utmost to persuade me it was all for the best . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps it was all for the best you lost the baby , Helen , ’ her mother said when Helen went to visit her . |
| 8 | He was all for the idea , and we exchanged addresses . |
| 9 | Macmillan replied urbanely that he was all for the plan , adding : |