Example sentences of "another hour [coord] a " in BNC.

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1 Back at the Military Port in Marchwood , the working day for the remainder of the regiment would not start for another hour and a half .
2 And so on and so on for another hour and a half , sweating and dazed , until at 4.48 a.m. , extremely painfully , out comes young Tom ( not such a bad name ; commonplace , I know ) , emerging head looking like a terrifically cross blue Brussels sprout , splosh go the fluids , splat goes the placenta and there he is .
3 Ellen and I lingered on in Mama Sipcott 's for another hour and a half ; indulging in the sailor 's shorebound pastime of planning the perfect voyage .
4 He says they told us to wait for two hours which we did then they told us to wait another hour and a half .
5 But a doctor did n't arrive for another hour and a half , by which time Mrs Johansen had died from a heart attack brought on by the fracture .
6 I bet he does n't get up till about , well it 's eleven now I 'll give him another hour and a half !
7 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
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