Example sentences of "[vb past] for [art] hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnson grasped hold of some solitude and became for an hour or so a noble savage and a member of the armies of medieval romance , communing with nature on the bank of a stream : ‘ The day was calm , the air soft , and all was rudeness , silence and solitude . |
| 2 | For the determination of total carnitine , 150 ml of ammonia ( 33% ) was added to two tubes and incubated for an hour at 37°C . |
| 3 | They fought for an hour and it seemed that neither would have the mastery . |
| 4 | Conversation lulled for an hour until I was almost asleep , then Mick said , ‘ D' you still feel hungry ? ’ |
| 5 | We drove for an hour . |
| 6 | Corbett rested for an hour whilst his old friend , arms full of sheaves and rolls of parchment , searched the records of armorial bearings and heraldic designs . |
| 7 | There was a cold wind this afternoon , but the sun shone for an hour or two . |
| 8 | We walked for an hour without passing a single habitation . |
| 9 | I came back into the house soon afterwards , but Emily walked for an hour or two in the rain with her dog , Keeper . |
| 10 | One woman walked for an hour through the snow to catch the bus to Skipton , waited for three and a half hours to meet Hannah , and still went home smiling . |
| 11 | You yelled for an hour without stopping . ’ |
| 12 | He talked for an hour . |
| 13 | Or again , considering ( 4 ) , there is no fixed length for turns in conversation , and sometimes one participant holds the floor for some time ; yet although we might call a turn of four minutes part of a conversation , we would consider conversation to have ceased if someone talked for an hour and a half . |
| 14 | From Santiago we flew for an hour to Vigo , which has a smaller airport but is a much larger town and is in fact Spain 's largest port . |
| 15 | We flew for an hour and in that time I completed a reel of film in my camera . |
| 16 | Forcing herself , she worked for an hour or two on the great heap of stuff purloined from the skips that lay in a corner of the hall ; fitting a curtain here , laying a rug there . |
| 17 | Sally did n't want another long day on the hill , so wished me well and watched for an hour as my headtorch beam got smaller and more erratic as I moved away across the glacier , interrogating the ice . |
| 18 | She went for an hour and a half to give him a hot cooked dinner , which she had prepared in the morning , and to wash up afterwards . |
| 19 | No wicket fell for an hour , and Pakistan eased ahead . |
| 20 | We drifted for an hour while Bob and his men replaced some leading injector pipes until the sudden welcome roar of our trusty Paxmans sent us southward again , across St. Magnus Bay and outside Papa Stour , finally leaving the straggling tentacles of land and long voes of West Shetland to reach Scalloway as darkness fell . |
| 21 | Athelstan meditated for an hour . |
| 22 | A group of Militia from Yavas , who formed a choir that was well known throughout the Dubrovlag , sang for an hour and a quarter . |
| 23 | He dozed for an hour until a warm , furry body slid under his hand , ‘ Good evening , Bonaventure ! ’ he whispered . |
| 24 | then kipped for an hour in the cashpoint lobby . |
| 25 | Mosley spoke for an hour and a half , a performance of theatrical rather than political power . |
| 26 | Mosley spoke for an hour and then went on to answer questions . |
| 27 | ‘ Spoke for an hour and had a good ovation , ’ Tom Jones wrote . |
| 28 | His delivery was extraordinarily good and , though he spoke for an hour and a half I should think , his voice never failed him and every word was clear — and bold . |
| 29 | Doctors battled for an hour to save 24-year-old Yasmin Akhtra , but she died in hospital . |
| 30 | Some of the tree remedies , however , are prepared from flowering sprigs which include the twigs as well as the flowers and these are placed in fresh water , brought to the boil , simmered for an hour , cooled and strained . |