Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [num ord] few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look , Cand , are you going to tell me what the heck you 're talking about , or do I have to play riddle-me-ree for the next few hours ? ’ |
| 2 | Superintendent if any other information had come to light over the next few hours would you have reconsidered the matter ? |
| 3 | Taken together , these results suggest that proteins synthesized from pre-existing mRNA are required for the maintenance of LTP during the first few hours ( corresponding to LTP2 in the classification shown in Box 1 ) . |
| 4 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 5 | ‘ We can no more see to the bottom of the next few hours , than we can see to the bottom of this river what I catches hold of . |
| 6 | Her emotions seemed to have undergone a deep sea-change over the last few hours . |
| 7 | Most gliding clubs have a system of re-checking pilots during the first few hours of solo flying , but then pilots are left very much to their own devices to improve their soaring techniques . |
| 8 | The relief of escaping from his company was so intense that she felt as if she 'd been wired up to an electric charge for the last few hours and someone had finally taken pity on her and turned off the power . |
| 9 | She sat demurely on the edge of one of the room 's more nondescript-looking chairs , knowing that this Josie , whoever she might be , would be her key to success or failure over the next few hours and maybe even the coming days . |
| 10 | When a sergeant congratulated one section on the improvement in the language in the guard room over the last few hours when the field-worker had been present , one constable shouted , ‘ Fucking good job too , Sir ’ ( FN 2/2/87 , p. 6 ) , and the occupational culture of the station soon reasserted its typical forms of expression , which are widespread in all police forces and occupational cultures that are predominantly masculine and working class . |
| 11 | He had become certain by watching the preparations in the sepoy camp that they would make a major assault within the next few hours . |
| 12 | Where had the ice-cold man of the last few hours gone ? |
| 13 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 14 | 7 of the group are expected to be discharged from hospital within the next few hours . |
| 15 | She hoped that Anna would keep off the subject of Luke for the next few hours . |
| 16 | Fear had been at its pitch during the first few hours and days . |
| 17 | Suddenly the events of the last few hours gripped him in a violent despairing spasm . |