Example sentences of "it [verb] [det] hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , it takes several hours before ozone is formed from photochemical actions involving oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds ( hydrocarbons ) . |
| 2 | With higher after-tax wages it takes fewer hours to earn any given target income . |
| 3 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
| 4 | Cooling water pumps were incapacitated , and even though the twin reactors were shut down , it took many hours for the operators to successfully control the residual heat in their cores . |
| 5 | It took many hours of structural trials to perfect the authentic shapes and colouring of the flowers in painted metal . |
| 6 | The courthouse windows were open but the radiators below them were hot ; it took several hours for any changes in setting to make themselves felt through the massive heating system , and it was impossible to keep up with the irrational temperament of the month . |
| 7 | ‘ No , it took some hours before we dragged the body from beneath a mound of soggy corpses . |
| 8 | Although it 's several hours before the devil worshippers are expected , they must be in position before nightfall . |