Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] [adj -est] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years .
2 They talked on for the best part of an hour , ending in agreement that there was no solution to this problem , short of the mass emigration of millions .
3 Wroughton airfield near Swindon was the busiest in the world this weekend , as more than fifteen hundred aircraft flew in for the largest rally of its kind outside the United States .
4 And with Robert Jones — another triumphant Lion of '89 — the ace in the Welsh scheme , Australia are in for the biggest examination of their status since they acquired it at Twickenham last year .
5 She kicked out of the bikini-bottom that Fernando had succeeded in half tearing from her and struck out for the furthest end of the pool , laughter gripping her and weakening her limbs as he lashed out after her .
6 It slithered on to the road , looked round for the nearest tuft of grass and made straight for it , pulling Mr Bean after it .
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