Example sentences of "[conj] for [art] [adj] hours " in BNC.
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1 | You can work full-time , part-time or for a few hours in the evenings . |
2 | During these weeks Seb rarely saw Carrie , except for a few hours each Sunday when they worked on the farm ledgers together at the Hankses ' cottage , and even here they were rarely alone . |
3 | Except for the two hours when you went out and drove round to Boundary Drive . ’ |
4 | Sylvia comes from nine to five each weekday , and nurses are on duty between six and 10 every evening and for a few hours at the weekend . |
5 | This was the rime when everyone had a siesta and for a few hours the village was virtually dead . |
6 | A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above . |
7 | He had given her a sob-story and for a few hours — a few fatal hours — she had mistaken compassion for love . |
8 | But for a few hours today there was hope . |