Example sentences of "good [noun sg] of two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOR THE better part of two decades , Duke Kahanamoku was the best swimmer in the world . |
| 2 | The Pentagon would have been furious at losing an agent as well as a major mission , but there was little or nothing it could say or do to put things right without acknowledging that Coleman was an agent and thereby admitting that , for the better part of two years , the DIA had been spying , not on the country 's official enemies , but on other agencies of the United States government . |
| 3 | Soon , it would take the better part of two days to pass between Famagusta and Kouklia . |
| 4 | It made good use of two colours and presented a clear financial summary showing how each pound of income was used . |
| 5 | Indeed I insisted , against his advice , on waiting , and waited for the best part of two hours , but then could wait no longer . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was a big house , at least four good bedrooms , and the garden must have been the best part of two acres . |
| 8 | Two of the institute 's researchers spent the best part of two years observing . |
| 9 | Frank Holden has earned no income from the Bank for the best part of two years . |
| 10 | It is for reasons like these that I crossed out the best part of two months each autumn to devote to the public-spending discussions . |
| 11 | In fact , both Stirling 's legs were temporarily paralysed and he suffered quite a severe back injury which was to keep him immobilized for the best part of two months . |
| 12 | It was the first time two West Indian batsmen had made a century stand for the sixth wicket in each innings of a Test and it took the game right away from England ; when the last wicket fell , Logie was left unbeaten on 95 , the score was 397 , and England had to survive for the best part of two days . |
| 13 | ‘ But it 'll take you the best part of two days to provide the concealment , ’ said Dorrainge , surveying Lugh 's neatly drawn plans and watching the men sawing off branches and raking up leaves from the forest floor . |
| 14 | Her anger kept her going for the best part of two days , but then Mick bumped into her and asked how Jack was , and she told him , in words of one syllable . |