Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for [adv] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn it into an oiled bowl , cover with a polythene bag and leave in a warm place for about an hour or until the dough has doubled in size . |
| 2 | Yet from 10.15p.m. the line bites began and bream had been rolling steadily along the familiar route for almost an hour . |
| 3 | Mrs O had been chatting to a close friend for over an hour . |
| 4 | Turn into the pie dish and bake in a moderate oven for about an hour . |
| 5 | Thread the meat onto large skewers and grill over a gentle heat for about an hour , turning every 10 minutes , basting with the marinade at the same time . |
| 6 | Jack walked through the quiet roads for almost an hour before he came to the bottom of Monument Hill . |
| 7 | In apparent agreement with this idea , some subjects appeared to benefit from continual advances of their sleep/wake rhythm ( as though they were continually flying eastward ) or by being woken temporarily at about four o'clock in the morning to receive a burst of bright light for about an hour . |