Example sentences of "[adv] a few hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could cross the open sea , and land on the enemy coast small groups of men who , in raids lasting perhaps a few hours or , at most , a day or two , could do much damage to both enemy property and morale . |
| 2 | Perhaps a few hours away from here would cure the feeling of claustrophobia that was beginning to creep over her . |
| 3 | Some of the refugees had been living in Polish exile for as long as seven weeks , while others arrived only a few hours before West German diplomats announced they could leave . |
| 4 | It had been only a few hours , but that was enough to ensure that birthdays would always fall on public holidays and the correct number of hours could therefore be spent languishing . |
| 5 | I was sad to leave the boat , we had made many friends despite the trip being only a few hours long . |
| 6 | Nor did they make any serious efforts to derive income from a huge fixed asset , which was used for only a few hours a week . |
| 7 | The daily body rhythms are timed similarly in different individuals , and in the same individual on different days , with regular differences of only a few hours between the timing of , say , the body temperature rhythm in ‘ larks ’ and ‘ owls ’ , for example . |
| 8 | Many have only a few hours to spare , but they enjoy helping in this way . |
| 9 | Watched by a demonstration of 5000 jeering westerners at the Brandenburg Gate , and by Mr Willi Brandt , the then Mayor of West Berlin who referred to ‘ the vacant eyes of uniformed compatriots doing their duty on the other side ’ , the soldiers completed the first barrier in only a few hours . |
| 10 | The seizure of Oslo was delayed by only a few hours , just long enough for the king , his ministers and most of parliament — the collective personification of constitutional legitimacy — to evade capture . |
| 11 | The deadline for the surrender of the Securitate secret police was only a few hours ago . |
| 12 | With me it has done well not only in a sheltered , sunny position ( the best conditions ) but also in a place where it has only a few hours of direct sunshine each day . |
| 13 | One moment he had been looking forward to a happy and wealthy retirement and now , minutes later , he was a condemned criminal with only a few hours left to live . |
| 14 | In fact , I noted them in my diary only a few hours afterwards . ’ |
| 15 | She died with her husband on the next day , only a few hours after writing her letter . |
| 16 | When you find you have only a few hours to spare you can choose the best swim for that particular period . |
| 17 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 18 | What was this very special place that only a few hours ago I had cursed myself for entering ? |
| 19 | By experimenting with the duration of incubation they found that fusion occurred after only a few hours , and that viable hybrids could be grown in a liquid culture medium containing glucose , monosodium glutamate , a mixture of vitamins , sodium chloride and extracts of Raphanus brassica ( common mustard ) . |
| 20 | A thousand feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be — especially with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand . |
| 21 | Just 1,000 feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be , especially one with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand ! |
| 22 | They had been afloat only a few hours when a seaman shouted down the hatch . |
| 23 | The message was delivered to Mr Adams on Sunday , yet only a few hours later he refused to join with the leaders of constitutional parties in condemning the bomb outrage . |
| 24 | Indeed , MTB 74 , with her torpedo tubes on the foredeck instead of amidships , was ready for sea only a few hours before the raid , her crew having changed one of her five engines . |
| 25 | Liza had written some weeks ago to say that John had been sent , at only a few hours ' notice , on a course . |
| 26 | Only a few hours drive from Glasgow to a world of serenity and tranquillity . |
| 27 | When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year . |
| 28 | On the other hand Nova Cygni 1975 , which rose to magnitude 1.8 in only a few hours , dropped below naked-eye visibility in less than a week , and by now I have lost sight of it even with the 39-cm reflector in my observatory . |
| 29 | With excellent huts only a few hours walk from our tent and the possibility of traversing passes between them , we were spoilt for choice . |
| 30 | Well , only a few hours to go … |