Example sentences of "[verb] the best part " in BNC.
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| 31 | Since it can take the best part of a day to book an international phone call , some foreign businessmen bring their own alternative — the Magnavox Magnaphone . |
| 32 | Bernice calculated that it would take the best part of an hour to reach them on foot . |
| 33 | I think it 's a good time to spend in the garden to be honest , I mean you ca n't , you ca n't , it 's not really long enough to try and do it at weekends , not if he wants to move that garage back , it 'll probably take the best part of the week to sort that out |
| 34 | Or should you take the best parts out of each ? |
| 35 | It was in the autumn of 1938 that I first visited Hollywood , spending the best part of a fortnight in San Francisco and Los Angeles . |
| 36 | Ronnie therefore had to finish it on site , spending the best part of a week-end in the palace perfecting the pattern march and joining the last of the pieces together . |
| 37 | ‘ So he came in with me , into the business , ’ said Mrs F. , ‘ and brought the best part of a blessed fairground with him . |
| 38 | Mind you , the accountant , C.J. Broderick , soon saw what was happening , but it took the best part of a year to re-arrange matters so that the newspaper could save money by hiring me back at $28 per week . |
| 39 | ‘ It took the best part of nine months to do it because some people were worried about its connotations with ‘ Empire ’ . |
| 40 | Having done that , we listened to them over and over , took the best parts from each solo and I worked on composites from there . |
| 41 | The daily drive to her surgery in south Bristol and then three or four home visits each day means the best part of 400 miles between pump visits . |
| 42 | I would not want to direct it , but I do think it would be a shame if Lacan , Althusser , Freud and Foucault yet again were allowed to bag the best parts . |
| 43 | The strip of ice was not broad enough to skate on but you could run over the crackling , frosty grass and leap onto it and slide the best part of thirty yards . |
| 44 | Serious RP gamers tend to be the sort of nylon misfits who have no social life and can afford to spend the best part of a month mapping out Narnia-esque landscapes and jotting down all the facts and clues they can glean from meeting a variety of talking mushrooms and jovial trolls . |
| 45 | Norma said that she was going to spend the best part of the day as the guest of the Mayoress of Brighton — lunch in the Royal Pavilion — and then tea at the Marina . |
| 46 | THOUSANDS of Ulster folk spend the best part of Friday night with him … |
| 47 | Now Norwich have the best part of a fortnight to enjoy their view from the top , and it was all down to Robins . |
| 48 | Geminis have dual personalities and I think you have the best part of their nature , while Dana has the rotten bits . ’ |
| 49 | Weighing the best part of two-and-a-half tonnes , the Mulsanne Turbo had enough puff to twist the speedo needle almost off the scale ( a true 135mph ) and drop the 0–60mph time to around 7secs . |
| 50 | While that may not sound brilliant for the performance , it should be borne in mind that the 300E-24 saloon , weighing the best part of 500lb less and with a four-speed automatic 'box , achieved 18.8mpg while on test . |
| 51 | Now we travelled the best part of the Ukraine and we also dipped into and er we were there about a month , just under a month , and erm one of the impressions that I got there , just as an ordinary chap , no , not learned politically so I ca n't speak on the level er of most of your callers today , but er , I realise that here you had er people , in actual fact my my comment was the country 's half finished , everywhere you went there were building constructions so far incomplete , er projects underway and you 've got the impression that they did need communism in a way to make the thing work er , the er , let's take the Ukrainians , I mean that , that 's where the Cossacks come from and they love a good time , er those sort of people in a way need a strong government . |
| 52 | He needs to persuade foreigners that it is safe for them to lend the best part of £1000 million a week to the Treasury ; and he needs to persuade Britons that it is safe for them to start spending their money again . |