Example sentences of "[verb] the next hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I 'm sure we can think of something to do to pass the next hour or so , ’ he told her encouragingly . |
| 2 | Such excellence threw the next hour into even sharper relief with two sides growing increasingly scrappy . |
| 3 | Adrian spent the next hour nursing his fist and repeating over and over and over again , I hit him , I hit him , at last I 've done something . |
| 4 | Others , mainly the girls , spent the next hour or so exercising the jaw muscles — until the great white chief shouted , ‘ OK ; time to get together ’ . |
| 5 | he had immediately checked into the Shelbourne , one of Dublin 's premier hotels , and spent the next hour soaking himself in a bath , washing away the grime of the rough sea-crossing . |
| 6 | As our papers were in English and not German , we spent the next hour or so being rejected , first at Gate One and then at Gate Six . |
| 7 | She spent the next hour wandering round , drawing towers , battlements , gateways , and sections of wall , gradually becoming absorbed again in what she was doing . |
| 8 | She spent the next hour jotting down notes as she processed each disk . |
| 9 | Back at the villa , after she 'd showered and changed , Ronni spent the next hour pacing her room . |
| 10 | I was awoken around seven this morning by two officers who spent the next hour cross-questioning me . |
| 11 | All Marr really knew was that Morrissey had written a book about The New York Dolls and was quite prepared to spend the next hour talking about them if nothing else was to stem from the meeting . |
| 12 | Then at 9.30 am. , when his secretary brings in his mail , he 'll decide how to spend the next hour and the rest of the day . |
| 13 | They spend the next hour or so chatting before going in for lunch . |
| 14 | She was determined that it was n't he who had affected her appetite either , and went down to dinner that night and ate quite a substantial meal , only to return to her room and spend the next hour again having trouble ousting the wretched man . |