Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] [adj] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little traffic on them during the dark hours at present , but if the lines are to be used by freight trains — some of them a mile long trundling through the night and causing heavy vibration and noise , there will be a dramatic effect on the environment and quality of life of those who live in proximity to them . |
| 2 | Disagreement between the two parties had threatened to topple the government , which in the early hours of Aug. 29 survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , Robyn , ’ he smiled , ‘ as much as I would like to stay here , chatting with you until the small hours , I 'm afraid I must be off . |
| 4 | It manifested itself in the small hours at such an advanced stage that no cure save amputation of the head could bring relief . |
| 5 | The answers to these questions seemed to elude me in the small hours in dampest Solihull , my mind seemed to be preoccupied by the pain coming from my back , neck and yes my backside as well ! |
| 6 | Oh , no , never say that he did not like them , after all her hard work and the writing of them in the small hours after her demanding duties as a dogsbody had already tired her ! |
| 7 | A determined protest squad went into action in Thursley this week , 30 years ago , to stop a car rally which would have meant no sleep for them until the early hours of the morning . |
| 8 | Somehow she made her way down to the library , picked out the Dietrich films and forced herself to watch them until the early hours . |
| 9 | Her presence would help him through the waiting hours of the night . |
| 10 | His 60-year-old wife called in police , claiming he had punched her during the early hours after the ceremony to install him as the 18th civic leader at Stockton . |
| 11 | But Mr Chadwin said when police officers spoke to him in the early hours of the following morning when he was in the car with Miss Jeanette near Catterick Bridge they had not noticed any dramatic injuries . |
| 12 | It came to him in the small hours . |
| 13 | I ca n't stand it , I hear it in the early hours . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We also know that if Vechey committed suicide he must have done it in the early hours , just before dawn . |
| 15 | There is a copy here if Members want to browse through it in the small hours of morning . |
| 16 | She had thought about it in the dark hours of the night . |
| 17 | The final information turned up late and we were at it till the small hours . |
| 18 | It was after midnight and the youngsters might well continue enjoying themselves into the early hours . |
| 19 | If you plan to stay up on election night , you could sustain yourself in the small hours with freshly baked pizza . |
| 20 | But something I would like to say , which no-one has touched on at all ; we 've all been talking about the laws that affect women and equal opportunities , and no-one has mentioned anything about the horrendous hours that are worked in parliament making it not impossible , but extremely difficult for women to become politicians working in parliament to be the people who make the laws , to be the people who can actually affect women 's roles in society erm everyone seems to accept the fact that our own parliament , totally dominated by men , and the sort of hours that only men can work , making it extremely difficult for women . |