Example sentences of "good deal of [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This story depends for its interest and a good deal of its plot on the existence of the District Line .
2 Since the 1950s they had lost a good deal of their influence over him to the Americans .
3 This is hardly surprising amongst members of a profession who earn a good deal of their living by talking .
4 There 's a good deal of her father in her , I dare say .
5 ‘ I 'm afraid I 've taken up a good deal of your time for no purpose Mr. Preston .
6 He also devoted a good deal of his investigations to the extraordinary satin bower-bird , a native of the area and so called for its remarkable habit of building and decorating a sort of stage-set , in which it would perform ritual mating dances .
7 Finchie , meanwhile , was spending a good deal of his time at Oblatz , a bar-restaurant just across the street from the studio .
8 Nicholson , who was spending a good deal of his time in the new BBS offices , which he hoped would be the starting point of his own aspirations towards directing , chipped in with the observation that his biker pictures had all grossed respectable money and made very handsome profits from a low outlay .
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