Example sentences of "the few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our sense of achievement lasted the few hours until we collected the kids . |
| 2 | The law demanded that they attend school for the few hours they were not in the theatre , but time spent on education was minimal as the pantomime was so popular that there were matinées most days . |
| 3 | He was making a wonderful recovery and in the few hours we were there we managed to get him on to an ambulance train — off to Myitkyina to be flown out to India . |
| 4 | Ford dealers Quicks of Altrincham had more potential customers in the few hours after Mr Lamont 's speech than they 'd seen all week . |
| 5 | Choosing this date also allows Balboa and his company a little breathing space : they can spend two full days marching from the unpleasantness in Quareca to the summits of the coastal range — rather more reasonable a period than the few hours that elapse if we believe the earlier date . |
| 6 | Duncan had wanted to wait the few hours it would take to fix the Citation and run checks on it , but Myeloski was anxious to get to Tobolsk . |
| 7 | Molly spoke with quiet confidence as though she had become in the few hours since their arrival the owner of ‘ La Felicità ’ and the organizer of life in the house . |
| 8 | For many mammals , the smell bond built up during the few hours after birth is crucial . |
| 9 | For the few hours , the day or few days ' duration of the " event " , their labour force at the location in question increases many times in size . |
| 10 | As she looked down at this small collection of his personal belongings , she realized that she had never thought of him as having any reality beyond the few hours they had spent together at the cottage . |
| 11 | That morning Wycliffe had heard of the Glynn family for the first time and in the few hours since he had learned something about them ; about Gerald , Gina and Barry , about Christine and Aunt Sara , and about the uncles , Alfred and Maurice . |
| 12 | In the few hours since she had brought the house down she had been interviewed by three tabloids , Sky Television and by Tony Howard for ‘ Newsnight ’ . |
| 13 | ( 193 ) In Bonn , the few hours of talk and the banquets with West German leaders were made to produce , by all accounts , the information he needed . |
| 14 | Even the few hours she put in gave her life some purpose . |