Example sentences of "[adj] hours of [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took the coach , and after thirty-six hours of travelling I got down at Thornfield village , and almost ran across the fields in my hurry to see the well-known house again , and its owner . |
| 2 | After a few hours of embroidery I was free ; free to cycle wherever I liked with my friends . |
| 3 | In our first few hours of membership we are highly attuned to some of the assumptions . |
| 4 | Sometimes in the early hours of morning I 'd wake to hear her crying . |
| 5 | After many hours of travelling they passed a sign that read ‘ WE 'LL SOON BE AT PRAIL ’ . |
| 6 | In the frozen hours of dawn it all appeared rather benign , but on our return , some five weeks later , we were forced to run a sobering gauntlet . |
| 7 | Through the long slow hours of darkness he saw her lovely face and forgot that she did not love him . |
| 8 | In winter rabbits are almost nocturnal in their feeding habits , but come summer and the shortened hours of darkness they are readily seen feeding in the evenings and at daybreak as well as at night . |
| 9 | After 24 hours of freedom I knew no one was going to lock me up again |
| 10 | After seven hours of talks it was announced that they had signed a peace agreement . |