Example sentences of "[adj] for [adv] an " in BNC.
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1 | I , I maybe fall asleep for maybe an hour or two and then I 'm woken and I 'm coughing all the time . |
2 | And er we were on that for about an hour or so and then they got rid of the the badly injured were taken off then and put on the Therris it 's support vessel that was Just happened to be there at the time . |
3 | Ploughing through this for almost an hour brought us well into the hillside and at length to where the rail bed rose out of the water and into the old engine room . |
4 | Pour the mixture into a greased and floured tin ( in the shape of a ring if you have one ) and bake at 180°C , 350°F , Gas Mark 4 for about an hour until cooked . |
5 | ‘ I 've been awake for over an hour , ’ she said , sitting on the edge of the bed , when he came back into the bedroom . |
6 | Absent or available for over an hour , the gift of speech had been restored to Alistair — speech , that prince of all the faculties . |
7 | One February Sunday , on just about the coldest night I 've ever known , four of us queued up outside a cinema in Golders Green for over an hour to see Crocodile Dundee . |
8 | We managed a cell on our own for over an hour . |
9 | She 'd been sitting motionless for over an hour , conducting an inner battle over the need to alert the board of Chester 's about Guy 's perfidy , with the stubborn hope that somehow she might be wrong keeping her glued to the spot , torn with indecision … |
10 | Well er erm once they 're opened they 're alright for about an hour . |
11 | Having gone conspicuously quiet for over an hour , disappearing before we had even finished unpacking the car , there is nothing more to be deduced than the obvious . |