Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] last few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 2 | Her emotions seemed to have undergone a deep sea-change over the last few hours . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Where had the ice-cold man of the last few hours gone ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Suddenly the events of the last few hours gripped him in a violent despairing spasm . |