Example sentences of "hours ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only had twenty four hours ' notice and then I sat up all night learning a speech and then dried flat at the audition . |
| 2 | With a little practice you should be able to brew 40 pints of good cheap beer in less than three hours ' work . |
| 3 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 4 | On his site check our instructor found he was severely affected by reduced ‘ g ’ , although he had about 60 hours ' solo gliding . |
| 5 | After a few hours ' walking along the ridge we could clearly see Koitobos , one of the peaks surrounding the crater rim — a long , flat-topped buttress with a steep cone at one end , composed of large , dark brown , vertical columns . |
| 6 | Unlike most birdwatchers , I am lucky enough to live less than four hours ' drive from their regular winter home — a wildfowl marsh constructed by one of the Maharajahs of Bharatpur . |
| 7 | In the third game , he outplayed Karpov in the late middlegame and early ending , and then made a fatal blunder after almost six hours ' play . |
| 8 | It is not available in the first year of the policy and in the second year only £250 — about two hours ' worth for a top London matrimonial lawyer -will be met for each party . |
| 9 | The only place peaceful enough in the midst of an economic crisis , it seemed , was his early Victorian former vicarage home at Stoney Stanton , in his constituency , two-and-a-half hours ' drive away . |
| 10 | I had been able to have a couple of hours ' sleep here and there since the landings and , most important , I was able to move around more or less as I wanted to . |
| 11 | At about 7.30 p.m. , after two and a half hours ' sleep curled up on the floor of the trench , I made my way out of the orchard and on to the road . |
| 12 | After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat . |
| 13 | The evening came to an end after about three hours ' dancing , the final speeches being made by the local dignitaries , this being followed by a round of applause for the French people , led by a British Officer . |
| 14 | After a good meal , served by the Royal Navy , then a few hours ' sleep , I joined the others on deck as the South Coast of England came into view through the clearing mist . |
| 15 | Then it 's time to slide into bed for a few hours ' sleep , to be woken once again for a patrol that will signal the start of a new day . |
| 16 | When he had finished visiting all the positions he returned to his base at Ballykinler in time to get a couple of hours ' sleep before briefing the helicopter pilots who were to fly in support of the checkpoint operation . |
| 17 | Each of the two sub-units of the British contingent manning the BZ ( Buffer Zone ) has sent in a sitrep detailing the previous twenty-four hours ' activity in the BZ . |
| 18 | So he and John Higgs made frequent forays into the countryside giving farmers no more than twelve hours ' notice of the intended visit . |
| 19 | This fire officer , however , refused to allow the use of a sizeable proportion of the props , around which the entire show was structured ; and , although the Prince and Princess of Wales were arriving in one and a half hours ' time along with five Cabinet ministers , and the cast would have no time to rehearse without the props they relied upon , he was not to be budged . |
| 20 | By the end of February he was on a second hours ' exercise , and Sister Cooney , who had watched his restless pacing and had seen that he was bored , found him some light work to do . |
| 21 | I 'd been existing on two or three hours ' sleep a night . |
| 22 | But with the aid of two eight-inch metal rods fixed either side of my spine , and 18 hours ' intensive exercise and physical therapy a week , I made progress . |
| 23 | After three-and-a-half hours ' deliberation , the jury awarded Mrs Swami , aged 49 , of Kingsbury , north-west London , £240,000 for the assaults , and £60,000 for false imprisonment . |
| 24 | She had to work night and day and survive on two hours ' sleep . |
| 25 | Their huts were 12 hours ' journey from the nearest main road , and the occasional and always unexpected arrival of the maximo lider was a cause for rejoicing and an indication that somebody , somewhere actually cared for them and took an interest in their otherwise isolated and neglected lives . |
| 26 | On average you get a maximum of £60 — £100 , paid in instalments after the first 12 hours ' delay . |
| 27 | Pittston finally provoked a strike by demanding mandatory overtime and Sunday working , the right to contract non-union labour at union operations , and 24 hours ' advance notice before the union brings safety experts or union officials to the mines for inspections . |
| 28 | Go home , get a couple of hours ' sleep , clean up and get back here . |
| 29 | A large peacekeeping force is now being assembled , ready to move at 48 hours ' notice . |
| 30 | At Georgetown , Toyota keeps three days ' worth of stocks of imported parts , compared with 1.5 days ' worth of American parts — or four hours ' worth at its Japanese plants . |