Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few hours in " in BNC.

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1 After a few hours in there the two women became ‘ as quiet and inoffensive beings , as ever breathed ’ .
2 After a few hours in this the home of Johannes Gutenberg ( he invented the printing press ) , the cruise heads upstream to Speyer for 8.00pm arrival .
3 Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect .
4 We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven .
5 Snow settled for a few hours in the Dundee area , causing traffic problems .
6 You can work full-time , part-time or for a few hours in the evenings .
7 He called a sudden halt to his crowded agenda at lunchtime and crashed out for a few hours in the adjacent chamber , throwing the timetable into disarray .
8 To wash our dishes , for instance , requires placing them for a few hours in a rattan basket in the swift-flowing stream deflected through the kitchen to the left of our house .
9 Most of the houses in the village were quite large , with shutters which were only opened for a few hours in the mornings ; if there was a breeze long lace curtains could be seen gently moving .
10 Already their affair was like marriage , with its own dispiriting routine , this shabby coming together for a few hours in the shabby office .
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