Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] hours ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Breeze was on her way to Miss Martindale 's now , for the old lady had intercepted her in the lane the day before , to ask her if she would come and do two hours ' digging at tenpence an hour . |
| 2 | This time they centred around the inability , on my part , to learn and remember two-and-a-half hours ' solo dialogue , to look remotely like the woman I was playing , and to overcome the prejudices of the millions of Joyce-worshippers who were all sitting out there sticking pins in little waxwork Lipman dolls . |
| 3 | The Green Form scheme will provide two hours ' work by a solicitor on a case ( more with an extension ) , but the solicitor can not recover the cost of appearing before a tribunal to argue a case under this component of legal aid . |
| 4 | Therefore , in addition to specifically charged items , one could recover 24 hours ' general perusals on litigation which had taken 2 years from issue of writ to trial . |
| 5 | Sometimes , when preparing for a long haul , I would only manage four hours ' rest , but that night I was asleep by eleven-thirty and did not rise till six . |
| 6 | I have to say I prefer the four hour cos I can get eight hours ' taping on mine . |