Example sentences of "[conj] for [art] [det] 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 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 .
4 This was the rime when everyone had a siesta and for a few hours the village was virtually dead .
5 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 .
6 He had given her a sob-story and for a few hours — a few fatal hours — she had mistaken compassion for love .
7 But for a few hours today there was hope .
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