Example sentences of "[subord] a few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was obsessed by new clothes to the extent that I 'd lost interest in something if it was more than a few hours old . |
| 2 | Thus the warming and the movement of water help to give rise to climate , which is immensely complex ; and the day-to-day fluctuations which are known as ‘ weather ’ are extraordinarily difficult to predict in detail , more than a few hours ahead . |
| 3 | If he disappeared for more than a few hours she became frantic and ran to the Zborowskis ' apartment in the Rue Joseph Bara to ask for news , and almost lived there until he was eventually found . |
| 4 | My son did n't live more than a few hours , but I can feel for the parents of that little girl . |
| 5 | I get up fairly early , as you know , so he would n't be in it more than a few hours . ’ |
| 6 | So why , then , does her depression return whenever she ventures away-from home for more than a few hours ? |
| 7 | Smith himself insisted that his other commitments did not interfere with his mathematics , as that demanded a concentration too great to be maintained for more than a few hours a day . |
| 8 | He could n't have had more than a few hours ’ sleep . |
| 9 | Temperature tolerance to higher temperatures by even the hardiest rockpool creatures is within such narrow limits that if the water warms up to over 2° above that in which the animal is naturally found for more than a few hours , the animal will surely die . |
| 10 | We were due at Chauk , an old field town , next day and Captain Tizzard advised me to take Rachel to the hospital there , but warned me that he could not delay his sailing for more than a few hours . |
| 11 | Do n't worry , Billy , I wo n't stay more than a few hours and by that time I 'll know one way or the other . |
| 12 | Hearing people are members of the dominant culture , who usually wish to preserve their hearing status and whose length of stay among deaf people is often no more than a few hours at a time . |
| 13 | For a day and a night the feasting on the horse filled everyone in the enclave with a dreadful exultation , but gradually it died down as the garrison came to realize that one horse was hardly enough to stay their hunger for more than a few hours . |
| 14 | Where " events " last longer than a few hours or one day , the need for order in the relationship is increased . |
| 15 | A battery 's charge-holding capacity can also be seriously reduced if it is kept in a discharged state for more than a few hours . |
| 16 | The spermicide did n't stay hostile to sperm for more than a few hours . |
| 17 | Most of 'em do n't get used more than a few hours in the year . |
| 18 | When Thorfinn was never to be seen in one place for more than a few hours , and when he no longer looked like a man with a fleet ready loaded for sea , but like a man already on board and lifting his ship to meet the first swell of the storm . |
| 19 | ‘ The barrow now belongs to you , so never let it or the pitch out of your sight for more than a few hours at a time . ’ |
| 20 | The argument about the contingency fund erm I find that amazing that er y'know , up until a few hours ago you had to have two hundred thousand pounds . |
| 21 | Large corporations in business make pitiful efforts to persuade men to attend lectures on retirement , as if a few hours of instruction could shield a man from the cold wind of eternity . |
| 22 | The other set , belonging to Danaher , had little to smile about , even though he at least was able to , because a few hours before the kick-off he was finally ruled out of contention because of the knee ligament strain which had reduced his contribution over the eight-match tour to a couple of half-matches . |
| 23 | They borrow from the banks for as little as a few hours ' notice of recall by the banks ( money at call ) , and lend to the government , local authorities and firms for typically three months ( bills of exchange ) . |