Example sentences of "[vb infin] for [adj] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In 1874 , whilst at her favourite residence at Osborne in the Isle of Wight , Queen Victoria made a number of trips to the post office at nearby Whippingham where she would stay for some hours comforting a dying deaf woman , Mrs. Elizabeth Tuffield , nee Groves . |
| 2 | Activity-dependent synaptic potentiation occurs within milliseconds and can persist for many hours in the anaesthetised animal or in the in vitro hippocampal slice preparation , and for days when induced in the freely moving animal . |
| 3 | This has got ta defrost for four hours in the fridge . |
| 4 | Uncomfortable feelings absorbed from those who seek our help ( and that includes simply offering a sympathetic ear ) , can linger for many hours or even days — unless we learn how to dissipate such feelings . |
| 5 | David Lee from ENERGIZE thinks Electro is on its way back , and could speak for many hours about the halcyon days before Electro meant toddlers break-dancing in the streets , title-dropping classics like Man Parrish 's ‘ Hip Hop Be Bop ’ , early Mantronix , and Shannon . |
| 6 | One would watch for two hours while the other slept . |
| 7 | As it takes some time to get the system going and prepare the animal for recording , any one experiment can run for many hours , and as a result neurophysiologists tend , even more than any other lab scientists I know , to be erratic nightworkers and ( at least when they are graduate students ) not well cut out for normal social relations . |
| 8 | Layton used to go to Leonard 's flat each morning where they would work for three hours or so , though sometimes letting the work run on through the afternoons . |
| 9 | They may moan about it every Monday morning , they may agitate for shorter hours and longer holidays , but they need to work for their self-respect . ’ |
| 10 | I was saying , I need sort of eight , nine , and I could easily sleep for twelve hours . |
| 11 | On 26th April , approximately 14,000 people will exercise for four hours to raise money for the Royal Marsden Hospital Cancer Appeal . |
| 12 | Well that means each company we can take for twelve hours because there are basically four business related classes . |
| 13 | Octreotide concentrations dueing CSOI did not change for two hours after meal consumption ( results not shown ) . |
| 14 | Imagine my disgust when I told the car park attendant of the delays , only to be informed that I must pay for two hours parking , as ‘ That is what is on the computer . ’ |
| 15 | He could drink for twenty-four hours without stopping , but it was not done in a hurry . |
| 16 | The V2000 format , which Grundig developed jointly with Philips , will record for four hours in each direction . |
| 17 | Certainly it 's one small car which I can drive for several hours at a stretch and step out feeling refreshed . |
| 18 | We have all heard of the addiction caused by long-term taking of tranquillisers but did you realise that the effect of sleeping pills can last well into the following day and many antihistamines ( commonly taken to relieve colds or allergies ) can make you so drowsy that you should not drive for some hours after taking them ? |
| 19 | A lot of people ca n't practise for eight hours ; they get bored . |
| 20 | But he made Tony practise for four hours every day . |
| 21 | I could play for 13 hours on one 10p . |
| 22 | Because of this , it can operate for 15 hours continuously at full power , stopping only to pick up a new coal pack . |
| 23 | Distance has no meaning when we are looking at 125 miles so we look at time ; we will paddle for four hours and then have a five minute break . |
| 24 | The shining Gaggia dispensed one-and-a-half inches of bitter froth into an earthenware cup , and for two shillings lovers could sit for many hours in the dark brown shadows , with a bowl of brown sugar between them . |
| 25 | Dell claims that the battery will last for three hours in normal use , without taking advantage of any of the power-saving features . |
| 26 | The result was that it then became possible to record the data on a continuous re-circulating loop of tape that would last for 25 hours before being erased and used again . |
| 27 | If you are having a baby for the first time : Your labour may last for 24 hours . |
| 28 | These effects may last for 3–4 hours post-operatively . |
| 29 | These continuous blasts may last for several hours , and in that time they eject large volumes of ash , which is always new magmatic material , rather than shattered bits and pieces of old rock . |
| 30 | A singing session may continue for 22 hours , incorporating many songs lasting from 8 to 20 minutes each . |