Example sentences of "take [art] few hours " in BNC.

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1 Equilibration in each mixture usually takes a few hours .
2 It had been assumed that , because the journey would only take a few hours , it was better to be in the open air than in the dark and unventilated cargo holds .
3 The client 's cheque would take a few hours to arrive ) .
4 Their flights may take a few hours or many days .
5 It will only take a few hours of your time .
6 I 'll do afternoon surgery , so why do n't you take a few hours off ?
7 In Lobophytum species , the process is not particularly dramatic ; the polyps withdraw , the body of the animal will deflate , looking as though it has collapsed , and then when it takes in fresh water to stiffen up again , a thin , transparent layer of mucus can be seen detaching itself from the surface of the coral , to be swept away by water currents , the whole process usually taking a few hours .
8 Next day I was a second rigger on a Vickers Victoria — a large troop carrier known as the " flying pig " because of its girth , The squadron had a general purpose role and just how general call be gauged by my first flight , which was only a couple of days later — to deliver a coffin-like box to RAF Shaibah near Basra , The journey only took a few hours , On arrival the coffin was decanted and refilled with ice and shark meat in exchange for the pork we had brought from the squadron pig firm .
9 They can be taken a few hours before sleep is required in the new time zone .
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