Example sentences of "the [noun sg] for a few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will stop the Yssgaroth for a few hours … . ’ |
| 2 | She had promised to take me sailing , and Paula had let her borrow the boat for a few hours , as she had often done before . |
| 3 | I remember sitting in the cockpit and being cooked by the sun for a few hours , but we were never scrambled . ’ |
| 4 | When the Magistrate duly appeared the Collector , lying feverishly on his bed , asked him to take command of the garrison for a few hours . |
| 5 | After all , it was join him or prop up the door for a few hours . |
| 6 | Many of them are made by floating the freshly gathered blossoms on pure water and then allowing them to sit in the sunshine for a few hours . |
| 7 | Now that my son Subhash is grown up , he also comes and mans the stall for a few hours . |
| 8 | And again , when reporting on the A & B Foursomes in January 1969 , he started as follows : ‘ There must be an increased number of wives who are convinced that there is a special weather dispensation for Harpsden , or it may be , of course , that many of them are only too glad to get the old man out of the house for a few hours on a wet Sunday . ’ |