Example sentences of "few hours [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Molly spoke with quiet confidence as though she had become in the few hours since their arrival the owner of ‘ La Felicità ’ and the organizer of life in the house .
2 This happens when a man 's ordinary hours of duty are 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and when one likes to look forward to spending a few hours with one 's family .
3 The first time I get on , it is often after spending a few hours with them , and I kinda transfer over from the stable door to their backs . ’
4 They 're now desperatly trying to piece together the last few hours of her life .
5 Volunteers need only provide a few hours of their time a week to be trained as a tutor .
6 I am doing my best , but I wish a few more would give a few hours of their time . , .
7 If you live in the Wallingford area and have a railway interest perhaps you might like to join this enthusiastic group and give them a few hours of your time .
8 Hari returned to the attack , ‘ A few hours of your time , that 's all . ’
9 It will only take a few hours of your time .
10 A few hours of your time can make the Fund a fortune so please phone Jane Milligan .
11 ‘ It 's as if only the last few hours of my life were real .
12 John 's lamp light lasted for the first few hours of his entombment and from then on he was in total darkness .
13 The helmet allowed us to have the last few hours of his life together before his airlift to hospital , and this would not have been possible otherwise .
14 Soon she realised that he was singing her praises to his friends , because other similar garden owners rang her up and asked her if she could do a few hours for them too .
15 But I do envy anyone who can have a few hours to themselves at Christmas , she thought .
16 It had flown but a few hours in his ownership , and it might be available for a feature in Pilot .
17 When it was Spencer 's turn he found that although he had quite a few hours in his ‘ Fury , the Spit was a harder aeroplane to fly .
18 But he knew that he did n't want to spend the next few hours in his own company .
19 They actually reached Klagenfurt a few hours after us , so we could secure the best buildings and put sentries in them .
20 And when we were only a few hours from our turn to life off , we had last-minute visitors .
21 This time it was Jean herself who took the wheel as she took her husband home to spend a cosy few hours by his own fireside .
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