Example sentences of "[verb] a few hours of " in BNC.
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1 | Now , Roger , I beg you , let us go back to our chamber , warm ourselves , snatch a few hours of sleep and tomorrow , as we break fast in the hall , I shall confront the murderer . ’ |
2 | I am doing my best , but I wish a few more would give a few hours of their time . , . |
3 | Volunteers need only provide a few hours of their time a week to be trained as a tutor . |
4 | After the business of the day and the more important business of the evening meal , the inhabitants of Roziac were enjoying a few hours of leisure in the open air . |
5 | He put a couple of lamb chops under the grill , made a green salad and prepared to enjoy a few hours of solitude before the intrusion of Rickards and his preoccupations . |
6 | It will only take a few hours of your time . |
7 | She still had a few hours of useful painting time left , but now she could not concentrate . |
8 | The police would have to be told about Zoe 's murder tomorrow , but tonight he had a few hours of peace . |