Example sentences of "a [adj] hours [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was sad to leave the boat , we had made many friends despite the trip being only a few hours long . |
| 2 | One arrived at the bedside of a total stranger , and inside of a few hours that stranger became not merely the most important person in the world , but one 's entire world . |
| 3 | Although she had n't expected to , she actually managed to sleep for a few hours that night . |
| 4 | She had travelled overnight all the way from Scotland , just for a few hours one Saturday . |
| 5 | For a few hours each day the HCI Captain keeps them occupied like a regular Mary Poppins with games excursions and rehearsals for junior showtime . |
| 6 | Betty and George found their support in the local day centre , Jill from a relative 's support group and Gladys through a care attendant scheme that relieved her responsibilities for a few hours each day . |
| 7 | Could you come for a few hours each day , do you think ? ’ |
| 8 | But most MEPs say the parliament should be in Brussels where they have their offices , and have signed a lease-buy deal on a £171 million debating chamber in Brussels which involves a legal obligation of annual rent of £16.7 million and will now be used for just a few hours each year . |
| 9 | Newly qualified nurses are expected to receive an orientation and induction programme appropriate to their appointments , followed by a consolidation period for a minimum period of three months , when it is recommended that a few hours each week be set aside for learning periods either with other newly qualified staff or as self-directed learning . |
| 10 | When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year . |
| 11 | I have to drop the work on the catalogue and get into my studio for a few hours each day to carry further a painting which began as a request : it is called ‘ War Games ’ . |
| 12 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 13 | During these weeks Seb rarely saw Carrie , except for a few hours each Sunday when they worked on the farm ledgers together at the Hankses ' cottage , and even here they were rarely alone . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He stated that in New York , regarding practical experience , the only bodies that trainee embalmers could obtain were unclaimed ones which had been refrigerated for months , and not just a few hours old , as is the popular myth in this country . |
| 16 | But the meeting was only a few hours old when the news broke that Winnie Mandela would face serious charges arising out of the murder in January 1989 of 14 year old activist , Stompie Moeketsi Seipei . |
| 17 | That 's what got to me : Miss Mallender only a few hours dead — and Morpurgo smiling . ’ |
| 18 | Three days into our trek we were only a few hours short of the first Zanskari hamlet . |
| 19 | The 28,000 mile race could be settled within the space of just a few hours this weekend . |
| 20 | It was after ten o'clock , and he would be quite right to disapprove , if it were n't for the fact that , in spite of appearances , she had slept for only a few hours last night . |
| 21 | When the fishing boat sails for three and a half hours unclear |
| 22 | It takes two and a half hours each way . |
| 23 | Travel takes two and a half hours each way . |
| 24 | It would entail a coach trip of about two and a half hours each way . |
| 25 | The opener , who hit 12 fours in an innings almost five and a half hours long , was eighth out and one of off-spinner Neil Smith 's six victims . |
| 26 | The opener , who hit 12 fours in an innings almost five and a half hours long , was eighth out and one of off-spinner Neil Smith 's six victims . |
| 27 | Speaking at a meeting attended by some 400 people in the local village hall that continued for two and a half hours local primary teacher Donal O'Connor said children should not be used in future protests . |
| 28 | He ordered that Jonathan do a hundred hours unpaid community work . |
| 29 | However , in half-anticipation , I 'd calculated that after the one hour twenty flight from Porto we would still have a two hours forty endurance at 75 per cent cruise for the return flight to Porto in order to clear Customs back into Spain . |