Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for several hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can also spread to the neck , arm or jaw and does n't usually ease off for several hours . |
| 2 | Concerned about the increasing number of complaints from neighbours of alarms sounding off for several hours the council has pledged to help end the menace . |
| 3 | The centre of Milton Keynes was sealed off for several hours after a coded telephone message warned of a bomb in the town 's main shopping centre . |
| 4 | Before their arrival at Heathrow , their passports and tickets were confiscated ; when the British Airways plane landed , they were separated from the other passengers , put into a van and driven around for several hours before being forced back on the plane and sent out of the UK . |
| 5 | This can go on for several hours on a number of occasions two hundred or more eggs have been counted . |
| 6 | These went on for several hours , rattling doors and windows almost continuously . |
| 7 | Worst hit were the Devon seaside towns of Sidmouth and Exmouth , which were cut off for several hours on Wednesday . |
| 8 | He did n't come back for several hours , afraid of Mum 's temper but Dad said he would replace the mirror and this seemed to pacify her . |
| 9 | Leave to dry out for several hours . |
| 10 | The whole penis is then rubbed with 33% calomel ointment which is kept on for several hours . |
| 11 | The Sealink ship they attempted to board , the Nord Pas de Calais , was the same ferry which Greenpeace protesters in inflatable craft had held up for several hours during an attempt to stop it docking at Dover a few days earlier . |