Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] only a few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year . |
| 2 | One moment he had been looking forward to a happy and wealthy retirement and now , minutes later , he was a condemned criminal with only a few hours left to live . |
| 3 | It 's not as though he 's a tourist with only a few hours . |
| 4 | Watched by a demonstration of 5000 jeering westerners at the Brandenburg Gate , and by Mr Willi Brandt , the then Mayor of West Berlin who referred to ‘ the vacant eyes of uniformed compatriots doing their duty on the other side ’ , the soldiers completed the first barrier in only a few hours . |
| 5 | The daily body rhythms are timed similarly in different individuals , and in the same individual on different days , with regular differences of only a few hours between the timing of , say , the body temperature rhythm in ‘ larks ’ and ‘ owls ’ , for example . |