Example sentences of "a few hour [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since a firm intact skin is essential , both to exclude infections and prevent the contents from drying out , it is usual to leave roots on the soil surface for a few hours to harden their skins . |
| 2 | Page 29 Sterling slumps : The pound posted its steepest one-day fall in more than three years , sinking almost six pfennigs in a few hours to close at DM2.9737 . |
| 3 | Just a few hours looking round the bastide and having a meal together . |
| 4 | No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off . |
| 5 | Having found a comfortable Gasthof in the suburb of Spitalhof , I passed a few hours wandering the old town . |
| 6 | Many have only a few hours to spare , but they enjoy helping in this way . |
| 7 | Any budding Napoleon with a few hours to spare — or a few days , for some games — can choose from titles such as ‘ Butcher of Baghdad ’ , ‘ Gulf Strike ’ and ‘ Line in the Sand ’ . |
| 8 | To Henry , the idea of being cheered on as you croaked , by Elinor , Mr and Mrs Is-the-Mitsubishi-Scratched-Yet , his mother , her mother , Maisie and anyone else with a few hours to spare was almost completely repulsive . |
| 9 | When you find you have only a few hours to spare you can choose the best swim for that particular period . |
| 10 | If you have a few hours to spare each week and would like more information , contact the scheme manager , Liz Hare , at the Purdy Centre , |
| 11 | ‘ I need a few hours to report back to the office , then my time can be my own . |
| 12 | Innsbruck , the famous Olympic ski resort is another excursion where you have a fascinating guided coach tour of the city followed by a few hours to explore for yourselves . |
| 13 | Well , only a few hours to go … |
| 14 | Increasingly it seemed to him that there were people who needed to spend a few hours locked in a room with the likes of Chiodini . |
| 15 | The lad should have been put in the cells for a few hours to cool off . |
| 16 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 17 | Just a willingness to be available for a few hours to suit you — within an agreed rota — to walk around the reserve helping people enjoy their visit and also avoiding problems of pressure on sensitive reserve areas . ’ |
| 18 | The client 's cheque would take a few hours to arrive ) . |
| 19 | We were billeted in the Grand Hotel , the massive Victorian pile which dominated Scarborough in turreted splendour from its eminence above the sea , and the big dining room was packed with several hundred shouting airmen , The iron discipline was relaxed for a few hours to let the Yuletide spirit run free . |
| 20 | It is always tempting to push on , but why not consider the pleasures of a few hours snoozing in the sun followed by a swift descent on hardening snow ? |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll go out to the fields for a few hours to try to work off some of this . ’ |
| 22 | It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision . |
| 23 | ‘ He escorted me to his lodgings , where he treated me with every kindness , and dried my clothes whilst I managed a few hours sleep . ’ |
| 24 | But most lying in greatcoats on the rock-hard ground , trying to snatch a few hours sleep before reveille . |
| 25 | After just a few hours sleep , I half awoke to a bang on the window . |
| 26 | Unlike the classic 24-hour race , however , the group did snatch a few hours sleep . |
| 27 | Just time for a few hours sleep before the early morning call in the biggest beds you have ever seen . |
| 28 | After snatching a few hours sleep , the teenager breakfasted on cornflakes as she talked to her relieved parents , who sent a message of thanks to all those who had helped in the search . |
| 29 | She and Lucy would have a drink after work on Fridays , sometimes an early supper , a few hours to unwind : a pattern pleasing to both . |
| 30 | It is clearly very important to make sure that at learn some of your visits are completely unhurried and timed to suit her convenience , for to many elderly people a few hours relaxing in the company of a son or daughter they love can be an oasis in the desert of their week if they live alone . |