Example sentences of "a few hours [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the £24,000 motor did n't look so new when it was found scratched a few hours later in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 2 | When the girl 's parents denied the engagement , the boy was beaten unconscious and died a few hours later in hospital . |
| 3 | She was followed just a few hours later by Pole who , like Wolsey before him , had remained to the end torn between his allegiance to his monarch and his obedience to his spiritual lord . |
| 4 | She rather gathered that what Travis was really asking was if he could come round to her flat and chat a few hours away about Rosemary . |
| 5 | Clear skies allowed us to witness , once again , sensational scenery ; the worst storm of the summer only caught us a few hours away from Sasoma . |
| 6 | He fell asleep for a few hours just before dawn and woke cold and cramped , his head on the small desk , his body somehow wedged on the stool . |
| 7 | Not only can marked variation in embryonic development be observed even within litters but , during such a dynamic phase of morphogenetic change , embryos only a few hours apart in age may be significantly different in their developmental state . |