Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [det] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general if an illness has appeared rapidly and vigorously over a matter of hours then one should look for a cause in the preceding few hours or day at the most . |
| 2 | Somewhere inside himself he felt disgust at the events of the previous few hours . |
| 3 | Most gliding clubs have a system of re-checking pilots during the first few hours of solo flying , but then pilots are left very much to their own devices to improve their soaring techniques . |
| 4 | But by all means take a flask of tea or coffee to drink during the first few hours , but flasked drinks always taste stale after ten or twelve hours . |
| 5 | John 's lamp light lasted for the first few hours of his entombment and from then on he was in total darkness . |
| 6 | In the first few hours following fertilisation , the embryo is not particularly tolerant of high temperatures but , by the next day , its tolerance appears somehow to have increased . |
| 7 | In the first few hours after the verdict , 60 people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct . |
| 8 | Taken together , these results suggest that proteins synthesized from pre-existing mRNA are required for the maintenance of LTP during the first few hours ( corresponding to LTP2 in the classification shown in Box 1 ) . |
| 9 | Our inability to standardise the timing of the initial packed cell volume is unfortunate as large changes in plasma volume occur in the first few hours of life . |
| 10 | Lucy slept after the first few hours , and woke with a start from a nightmare where she was being chased and her feet were weighed down with heavy , heavy shoes . |
| 11 | Fear had been at its pitch during the first few hours and days . |
| 12 | I found it very difficult for the first few hours , but after watching the robots and using my skill at cheating I was able to watch somebody else to find out how to complete each screen , of which there are lots . |
| 13 | He 'll be , he 'll be quiet for the first few hours , he wo n't sort , say anything , then he |
| 14 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 15 | After all , it 's served you well for the past few hours and may now be looking forward to you treating it . |
| 16 | Tersely , he recalled his experiences of the past few hours . |
| 17 | And a cobweb across an entrance hole tells you that nobody has passed that way for the past few hours , but little more . |
| 18 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 19 | Even the stress of the past few hours had not removed the memories of his betrayal . |
| 20 | The only complaint to have survived the past few hours was the one relating to the damage of an apartment door ; the couple in the next room had wanted Lucas to be prosecuted , crucified even . |
| 21 | Minutes later , feeling suddenly totally exhausted by all the nervous tension of the past few hours , Shiona kissed the already sleeping Kirsty goodnight , then climbed into her own bunk and closed her eyes . |
| 22 | Maybe it was the hypnotic , rhythmic drone of the aircraft engines , or the sheer emotional exhaustion of the past few hours , but there seemed little she could do to suppress the memories she had so resolutely buried during the last five years . |
| 23 | For the past few hours she had been too busy to think of her own problem . |
| 24 | Simon Griffiths , a hospital spokesman , said last night : ‘ Mrs Barnett 's general condition has improved over the last few hours and her liver is functioning well . ’ |
| 25 | When a sergeant congratulated one section on the improvement in the language in the guard room over the last few hours when the field-worker had been present , one constable shouted , ‘ Fucking good job too , Sir ’ ( FN 2/2/87 , p. 6 ) , and the occupational culture of the station soon reasserted its typical forms of expression , which are widespread in all police forces and occupational cultures that are predominantly masculine and working class . |
| 26 | She 'd known John Delaney for about six months , but the last few hours had been the catalyst . |
| 27 | He thought back over the last few hours , the acknowledged relief of talking to Alice , the knowledge that nothing shocked her , nothing surprised her , that everything he did , if not right in her eyes , was judged by a different standard from the one she rigorously applied to the rest of her life . |
| 28 | It 's not always possible in London but a short walk might well get you away from the crown and give you a chance to loosen up your legs , contemplate the last few hours and consider how your body is feeling in general . |
| 29 | Checking his watch he saw it was time to swim back to the canoe and his rendezvous with Roger Courtney , who had been paddling offshore for the last few hours , keeping the canoe head or stern towards the beach so that it was less likely to be seen . |
| 30 | In the last few hours she 's moved house , but we 'll find her . |