Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [num] hours ' " in BNC.
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1 | In the third game , he outplayed Karpov in the late middlegame and early ending , and then made a fatal blunder after almost six hours ' play . |
2 | CHARTBUSTERS Undercover are set to rake in £500,000 … for just three hours ' work . |
3 | Providing recordings of approximately 10 hours ' duration on open reel tape . |
4 | At the Third Reading , for instance , at a stage when one would expect very few amendments of any substance , some thirty-two amendments were put down on only twenty-four hours ' notice . |
5 | In 1942 , 881 Aleuts had been forced to leave the Aleutian Islands in the north Pacific Ocean at only two hours ' notice following a Japanese landing to the north . |
6 | The NSF Council had issued a decree guaranteeing freedom of assembly on Jan. 3 , although organizers of public meetings were required by law to give at least 48 hours ' notice to the authorities . |
7 | We will keep all appointments on the day notified to you , or otherwise give you at least 24 hours ' notice of cancellation . |
8 | Blanche looked a little ragged at the edges , her sergeant noted indulgently , but was otherwise unmarked by just four hours ' sleep the night before . |