Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] a few hour " in BNC.
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| 31 | Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice . |
| 32 | I think I obscurely felt relief that I would continue to live alone , to have at least a few hours of the day and night when I could try to regain one of my mixed-up selves . |
| 33 | Rub the meat with salt ( about a couple of tablespoonsful ) and let it stand overnight or at least a few hours before cutting it into 1 ½-inch thick strips along the grooves left by the bones . |
| 34 | The seizure of Oslo was delayed by only a few hours , just long enough for the king , his ministers and most of parliament — the collective personification of constitutional legitimacy — to evade capture . |
| 35 | Zurich is a city of squares , in many of which time seems to have edged forward by only a few hours since the Middle Ages . |