Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [adj] few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 2 | Minutes later , feeling suddenly totally exhausted by all the nervous tension of the past few hours , Shiona kissed the already sleeping Kirsty goodnight , then climbed into her own bunk and closed her eyes . |
| 3 | Tersely , he recalled his experiences of the past few hours . |
| 4 | Even the stress of the past few hours had not removed the memories of his betrayal . |
| 5 | Maybe it was the hypnotic , rhythmic drone of the aircraft engines , or the sheer emotional exhaustion of the past few hours , but there seemed little she could do to suppress the memories she had so resolutely buried during the last five years . |
| 6 | In general if an illness has appeared rapidly and vigorously over a matter of hours then one should look for a cause in the preceding few hours or day at the most . |
| 7 | And a cobweb across an entrance hole tells you that nobody has passed that way for the past few hours , but little more . |
| 8 | Somewhere inside himself he felt disgust at the events of the previous few hours . |