Example sentences of "[verb] the best part " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Straw Race is a lot of hard work and a lot of fun , but Martin Jay , chairman of the race , thinks the best part is ‘ giving the money away at the end , when all the hard work finally feels worthwhile ’ . |
| 2 | She 'd had to wait the best part of a month at Holmsly Manor , and then everything had happened at once . |
| 3 | Mrs Banham said : ‘ Stephen is going to miss the best part of his first and most important year of school due to illness with ear infections . ’ |
| 4 | At Sotheby 's New York on 21 October last , five clocks of second-rate quality ( the property of a collector who had already dispersed the best part of his collection ) sent auction prices rocketing . |
| 5 | If it gains approval it will last up to 80 years and remove the best part of an entire hillside in an NSA of stunning contrasts : sea lochs , rugged , glaciated gneiss and thriving crofting villages around Lingarabay . |
| 6 | Particular emphasis has been placed on the fact that the county embraces the best part of two national parks as well as two and a half areas of outstanding natural beauty and a heritage coast . |
| 7 | ‘ A horse and a cart that stands as high as a house and cost the best part of thirty pounds and you lost them both ? ’ |
| 8 | Certainly we must hope that the government in its final response will take the arguments put forward by Alvey somewhat further ; after all it has had the best part of six months to consider them . |
| 9 | But they 've already had the best part of a week in which to forget . ’ |
| 10 | I had offered to leave most of my collection , comprising the best part , in the USSR , and had simultaneously asked if they would let me take part of it with me . |
| 11 | A flotation session costs the best part of £25 , and they recommend that you have three sessions , to get the benefit . |
| 12 | Now that is no joke because one of these big old saws can weigh the best part of half a ton . |
| 13 | It is not unusual to find that countries adopt the best parts of both strategies in order to tackle air pollution problems . |
| 14 | I think I can say I walked the best part of the rivers in my district . ’ |
| 15 | Okay , so it still takes the best part of an hour to move the next ten paces past passport control . |
| 16 | Two of the institute 's researchers spent the best part of two years observing . |
| 17 | In all , he spent the best part of four hours in the water , before meeting up at Gloucester Cathedral with the Bishop of Tewkesbury ( above ) , who had walked the 10 miles along the river bank ( a much more sensible idea ) , the culmination of a week-long pilgrimage around his diocese . |
| 18 | Ward spent the best part of two decades living in Taylor 's shadow , initially as a player at Lincoln and Watford and then as his assistant at Vicarage Road and Aston Villa . |
| 19 | Redknapp spent the best part of six months recovering from serious head and leg injuries after the horror crash near Rome involving a mini-bus in which he and ex-Aston Villa star Tiler were travelling . |
| 20 | Shopworkers who spent the best part of a day locked out of work are sympathetic with the police , but angry with the terrorists . |
| 21 | The bravest of the brave : Fullback Jim Staples prepared to clear his lines as All Black skipper Sean Fitzpatrick — who lost the best part of two of his front teeth to an Irish fist — hems him in during the record 59–6 loss to New Zealand in Wellington . |
| 22 | By slow degrees , the world of the bloodstock sales lost the best part of its consuming interest for Dada . |
| 23 | On the geographical point , if a party is to secure a seat it must have the best part of a quota of votes after transfers at the end of the count . |
| 24 | I had learnt , however , never to tell them much , to keep the best parts hidden , as indeed I often had to . |
| 25 | He has told the court that he has spent the best part of the last two and a half years preparing for this joust . |
| 26 | Anthropologists have spent the best part of a century debating the meaning and significance of these fascinating beliefs and rituals . |
| 27 | ‘ But we 've probably spent the best part of £1m on lawyers ’ fees , let alone our own time . ’ |
| 28 | spent the best part of the year working in here , sort of nine to five type thing and it 's mind walking down that bottom end without any ar without any natural light . |
| 29 | Two thousand points is the usual size for battles that will last an entire evening , and three thousand points will give you enough troops for a battle that will take the best part of a day to fight . |
| 30 | Two thousand points is the usual size for a good evening 's battle , and three thousand points will give you enough troops for a battle that will take the best part of a day to fight . |