Example sentences of "a few hours [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ca n't a woman get a few hours sleep of an after-noon ? ’ the slattern inquired of Didier . |
| 2 | Only a few hours drive from Glasgow to a world of serenity and tranquillity . |
| 3 | Within a few hours drive of Gwent , for instance , lie some fascinating areas — the Forest of Dean , formerly a major coal-producing area ; Snowdonia , where the evidence of centuries of quarrying and mineral extraction is heaped everywhere ; Pembrokeshire , where pretty fishing villages once exported coal , and Cornwall where mining was once a much bigger earner than cream teas . |
| 4 | At the weekends he can be anywhere within a few hours drive doing the job of a ‘ Sapper ’ the army 's word for a Military Engineer . |
| 5 | ‘ And here I was , thinking that a few hours leave was on the cards . ’ |
| 6 | And it says much that you could make a racer out of the RS road car with a few hours notice . |
| 7 | In this way , one of the best Home Secretaries of the post-war era was abruptly removed from the Home Office at a few hours notice , leaving behind a collection of unfinished artefacts to be completed by other hands . |
| 8 | Last week the Ulster Amateur Drama Festival had to be moved at a few hours notice , after Belfast 's Grand Opera House was extensively damaged by a 1,000lb bomb . |
| 9 | And the first deadline for applications for B T three shares expires in a few hours time . |
| 10 | In a few hours time in Toronto Lynn Gibson will be racing for Britain in the 800 metres … |
| 11 | With excellent huts only a few hours walk from our tent and the possibility of traversing passes between them , we were spoilt for choice . |