part of a day

It will probably take the better part of a day.

I couldn't remember my own name for the best part of a day.

So it went, for what seemed the better part of a day.

And it took the best part of a day to get you back here.

She did not know whether it was only part of a day or much longer.

They had been working through the new evidence for the best part of a day, but now it was clear.

The walk to this point can take the better part of a day.

After the better part of a day, they still weren't finished.

One guy passed out on the beach for the better part of a day.

After wasting the better part of a day, he called the special number.

They had been drifting for the better part of a day.

It would be the better part of a day before she reached the moon.

So what if making the book eats up the better part of a day?

It took Richard the better part of a day to find the horses.

We kept the enemy fighting hard for the better part of a day.

Each one will require the better part of a day to reach from Denver.

The trip, which only four years ago lasted the better part of a day, now takes just two and a half hours.

Flying into combat was all part of a day's work for them.

Only part of a day would be required to accomplish this work.

Best part of a day's walk to the temple, even in fair weather.

After that experience I avoided the hole in the wall for the better part of a day.

They're spending the better part of a day traveling seven blocks.

All this was part of a day's work that included 24 Philadelphia shots.

This would take the best part of a day.

But the aircraft motors take the best part of a day to warm up.