Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] hours [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Presumably he had snatched a few more hours ' sleep , she decided morosely , while she 'd been traipsing fruitlessly up and down Strøget .
2 If there was one fixed rule in her life , it was to make sure that she had a regular eight hours ' sleep every night .
3 That meant she had a good eight hours ' start before anyone need even think about her absence .
4 The pubs did n't shut until eleven o'clock so we would have a good three hours ' fun .
5 Livings took a bare two hours ' sleep that night .
6 Leith gathered up her bag , her thoughts already on getting home and trying to get a full eight hours ' sleep so as to be sharp for work in the morning .
7 After a restless few hours ' sleep , Fabia awakened to daylight and the concrete knowledge that for her sister 's sake she could not accept defeat on that interview issue .
8 For an extra two hours ' shift , well I suppose we can just afford it , can we ?
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