Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] hours [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I finished the final draft with Mrs Perera in an intensive session of eight hours one hot June Sunday , starting in her garden in Cheshire and ending towards midnight with the dispatch of the document by express courier for delivery to Mr Baker in London on the Monday . |
| 2 | In three hours twelve roast geese would emerge succulent , rich and juicy . |
| 3 | Within two hours some Allied troops had already reached their second objective , and by 07.00 Messines itself had fallen . |
| 4 | Within 24 hours of treatment the growth pattern changes from the ‘ straight ’ to the ‘ coiling ’ form and in 72 hours numerous haustorial mounds can be seen . |
| 5 | Luckily the main detonator failed , the bridge was taken , and within 24 hours 8000 American soldiers were on the east bank of the Rhine . |
| 6 | The player also offers up to ten hours continuous playing time if two additional rechargeable batteries are added to the basic pair , which themselves provide up to two-and-a-half hours play . |