Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] next [adj] hours " in BNC.
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1 | She never bought more , nor less , than she would need for her housekeeping for the next 24 hours . |
2 | The perpetrators of the coup would be imprisoned by the storm for the next twenty-four hours . |
3 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
4 | More aircraft provided cover , with Coastal Command Blenheims dropping smoke to screen landings and fighter-bombers — again Blenheims and Beaufighters — putting a protective umbrella over the raiding force for the next seven hours by flying 400 miles ( 650km ) from Wick , north Scotland , or 250 miles ( 400km ) from Shetland . |
5 | Superintendent if any other information had come to light over the next few hours would you have reconsidered the matter ? |
6 | It was not a risk he was likely to take , even if it meant him staying at his desk for the next twenty-four hours . |
7 | And she would have to buy food now for the boy for the next forty-odd hours , since she 'd be in no fit state to do so after . |
8 | She turned the corner and glanced up at the hoarding above the cinema 's portico , to see what was to be her fate for the next three hours . |
9 | ‘ 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 . |
10 | Chelsea will decide whether to sign Szewczyk in the next 48 hours as they look for a replacement for injured Paul Elliott . |
11 | The two Officers shook hands , then they both went into the caravan after informing me that they would be attending a meeting for the next two hours . |
12 | He will finalise his team during the next 24 hours and Derry 's preparations will be completed at training sessions scheduled for Monday and Wednesday . |
13 | But a colleague said : ‘ Officially , David wo n't be cleared until he and the British Consul meet Saudi officials in the next 24 hours . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | And — yes — I got through my ‘ appreciation ’ of Philip without crying once , and with recourse to only one swig from the Rescue Remedy , with nothing more than red , puffy eyes , a bursting heart and a thumping head for the next twenty-four hours . |
16 | But since we 're stuck to each other for the next several hours — ’ |
17 | ‘ But something definite will happen one way or the other in the next 48 hours . ’ |
18 | He had become certain by watching the preparations in the sepoy camp that they would make a major assault within the next few hours . |
19 | Patients were instructed to take no alcohol and to collect all urine for the next 24 hours . |
20 | The best I can do is to offer you a free ¼ page advert , but I must have all the details in the next 48 hours . |
21 | Thirty minutes after ingestion of the test solution the patient was encouraged to drink and was instructed to collect urine over the next 5 hours . |
22 | I stayed in bed for the next twenty-four hours , sleeping , drinking a little water , not eating at all , and only rousing myself when Gav arrived back ( from his parents ' , I wrongly assumed ) , loudly declaring himself to be of unsound liver but totally in love . |
23 | Back on parade , you lot , ’ shouted Sergeant-Major Philpott , and neither man had the breath to speak another word for the next two hours as they were marched up and down , up and down , until Charlie felt that when they eventually stopped his feet must surely fall off . |
24 | It was the thought of the next fifteen hours . |
25 | After the ‘ O Group ’ I 'm in the picture for the tasking over the next twenty-four hours . |
26 | He was started on intravenous amiodarone at a rate of 300 mg over the first hour followed by 900 mg over the next 24 hours . |
27 | My name is Howard DeVore and I 'm to be your host for the next eight hours . ’ |
28 | A US military spokesman , Colonel Fred Peck , said yesterday he expected about 4,200 troops to travel by sea from Mogadishu to Kismayu within the next 24 hours . |
29 | 7 of the group are expected to be discharged from hospital within the next few hours . |
30 | He showed no signs of improvement over the next 48 hours . |