Example sentences of "[verb] for [adj] hours in " in BNC.
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| 1 | We rode for five hours in the rain . |
| 2 | We had flown for thirty hours in the fortnight . |
| 3 | Activity-dependent synaptic potentiation occurs within milliseconds and can persist for many hours in the anaesthetised animal or in the in vitro hippocampal slice preparation , and for days when induced in the freely moving animal . |
| 4 | This has got ta defrost for four hours in the fridge . |
| 5 | Cells were then shocked with 25% DMSO in Hanks solution for 3 min and then incubated for 30 hours in fresh DME-Medium containing 10%FCS at 37°C with 5% CO 2 . |
| 6 | THREE 14-year-old Scouts were found yesterday after being trapped for 18 hours in torrential rain on a Lake District mountain . |
| 7 | You published last week an account of our ordeal at the hands of burglars who left us barricaded for 37 hours in a tiny bathroom . |
| 8 | Woosnam ( 69 ) and Mouland ( 70 ) moved to ten under par , five shots behind American stars Fred Couples and Davis Love , who suffered for six hours in the hot sunshine before posting a 15-under-par 273 . |
| 9 | If you had stood as I have done for five hours in a draughty ante-room of a courthouse sticking sixpences into one of those things to see how frequently it paid out , you would n't be so keen to chuck your money away , son . |
| 10 | Cover and marinate for 4–6 hours in the fridge , turning at least once . |
| 11 | We were separated for four hours in Peterborough once — I looked everywhere for him . |
| 12 | Imagine being crammed for two hours in a sweltering tent under 250 kilowatts of stage lighting , along with 200 other photographers ; your eardrums assaulted by the machine-gun fire of motor-drives and curses in assorted languages , your nostrils assailed by a breath-catching blend of garlic , stale cigarettes and old shirts . |
| 13 | Factories closed for two hours in Upper Silesia . |
| 14 | On the previous night 16 bombs had exploded , damaging banks and electricity transmitters and causing power cuts for several hours in Santiago . |
| 15 | We had driven for five hours in open lorries through a rainstorm , climbing into the foothills of the Alps and then across a wilderness of a training area , with sharp mountains and expanses of harsh , windblown moorland . |
| 16 | The V2000 format , which Grundig developed jointly with Philips , will record for four hours in each direction . |
| 17 | ‘ I am , unfortunately , the one who speaks for two hours in face of Mr Agnelli , ’ says Massimo Aimetti , Iveco 's vice president , finance , with a dry sense of humour . |
| 18 | Humans become unconscious after being submerged for 3 hours in water at 15°C ( 60°F ) . |
| 19 | In Calcutta , Mike Gatting batted for six hours in his two innings , while in Madras he was at the crease for only 66 minutes and 21 runs . |
| 20 | The shining Gaggia dispensed one-and-a-half inches of bitter froth into an earthenware cup , and for two shillings lovers could sit for many hours in the dark brown shadows , with a bowl of brown sugar between them . |
| 21 | In his pensione Sandison slept for two hours in the afternoon . |
| 22 | Dell claims that the battery will last for three hours in normal use , without taking advantage of any of the power-saving features . |
| 23 | A 50g sample of each food item must be kept for 72 hours in case there is an outbreak of food poisoning . |
| 24 | Briefly , the ethanolic extracts were dried under an air stream , mixed with 200 µl pyridine and acetic anhydride and kept for 18 hours in the dark , at room temperature . |
| 25 | Briefly , the ethanolic extracts were dried under an air stream , mixed with 200 µl of pyridine and acetic anhydride and kept for 18 hours in the dark , at room temperature . |
| 26 | Drying time : wearable after drying for three hours in a warm room . |
| 27 | David Peter Bicker , aged three , went missing for four hours in Cononley , near Skipton , North Yorkshire , during a family visit to friends but police aided by the force helicopter and around 100 villagers who undertook a detailed search found the youngster safe and well at around 9pm . |
| 28 | He sat for many hours in front of a mirror , moving his joints , detecting stiffness in a knee , juggling with cakes of soap to see if he could still do it . |
| 29 | In Bucharest she sat for 48 hours in her hotel , waiting for word from her Romanian solicitor . |
| 30 | The cells were incubated for 14 hours in a humidified atmosphere with 5% CO 2 in air at 37°C . |