Example sentences of "a [det] hours ' [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a few hours ' drive by dirt highway from Serra Pelada , the government was pouring investment into the construction of an immense mining project called Carajas , a mountain range of solid iron . |
| 2 | Fifteen miles north , they put into St Abbs haven , under the mighty headland of that name , just before dawn , and went ashore for a few hours ' rest in a hay barn . |
| 3 | Finishing the script , I would leave it for the typist and go home for a few hours ' nap until rehearsal time at two o'clock . |
| 4 | After a few hours ' walking along the ridge we could clearly see Koitobos , one of the peaks surrounding the crater rim — a long , flat-topped buttress with a steep cone at one end , composed of large , dark brown , vertical columns . |
| 5 | It was only a vote in the Commons at 11 p.m. that brought the evening to an end and then she returned to Downing Street for a few hours ' work on her boxes before turning in . |
| 6 | If they take their work home with them , maybe they 'll do a few hours ' work off the mains . |
| 7 | His senior secretary had been instructed to cancel his engagements for that evening to give him a few hours ' peace before a six-month period in which his diary was entirely filled . |
| 8 | The fact that Mangon fully deserved his title of Wizard of Lighting was of minor importance to the Girls who , due to his perfectionism , often only had a few hours ' sleep in their dressing-rooms , and occasionally none at all . |
| 9 | Nicola 's parents stayed at her bedside until 2.30am before snatching a few hours ' sleep in a room at the hospital . |
| 10 | So we saw almost nothing of Hong Kong , except the inside of the luxurious Hong Kong Hotel , where we had a few hours ' sleep before going to the railway station in the morning . |
| 11 | There had been a delay in building it , so that I had only managed a few hours ' practice in the streets of Salford . |
| 12 | They borrow from the banks for as little as a few hours ' notice of recall by the banks ( money at call ) , and lend to the government , local authorities and firms for typically three months ( bills of exchange ) . |