Example sentences of "or [num] hour [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The miller 's day was dictated by the movements of the tides because his source of power would only be available for short periods of two or three hours at a time . |
| 2 | The pitmen remain underground for eight or nine hours at a time and invariably take food down with them into the pits and eat it with unwashed hands and without a knife and fork . |
| 3 | From early June to mid September these afternoon winds regularly reach force 3 and 4 , sometimes more , blowing for four or five hours at a time . |
| 4 | used to publish what areas were going to have power cuts , d' ya remember ? , you were in Bristol at the time , er Stuart was the same , they used to publish what area would be cut off and for what time and for how long and you knew you would get cut off , sort of ten o'clock in the morning till three in the afternoon , usu , four or five hours at a time was n't it ? |
| 5 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |