Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] good [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | I tell you what I 'll do — I 'll pop downstairs and put the kettle on for a good cup of tea . ’ |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | He announced that courts would be given powers to bind parents over for the good behaviour of their children so that they could be ‘ brought face to face with their neglect ’ . |
5 | Yeah , then you I know , but John I mean you 'd be up for a good couple of grand if you did stick it out . |
6 | She squirmed around for a better view of it . |