Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping . |
| 2 | Neither the SOC forces nor the guerrilla forces made significant gains in terms of control of territory during August ; the SOC forces on the whole maintained their positions , while the guerrillas continued to launch attacks and hold positions for a few hours before retreating . |
| 3 | The Government 's chances of forcing debate into the small hours against Labour and rebel Tory opposition were boosted when the Liberal Democrats threw their weight behind the procedural Commons motion . |
| 4 | The City After Dark , by Andy Cook shows London in the early hours of the morning . |
| 5 | But private investors reacted quickly by buying equities in the small hours of yesterday morning . |
| 6 | The law demanded that they attend school for the few hours they were not in the theatre , but time spent on education was minimal as the pantomime was so popular that there were matinées most days . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone horribly drunk and then catching taxis in the early hours , it was a blur , a glorious , happy blur . ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps , while she hassled , she managed to forget Montaine for a few hours . |
| 9 | ‘ This must take place in the early hours of the morning in order that the narcotic is delivered at a time when there is little public activity . |
| 10 | It does not seem , in general , valuable to postpone death by a few hours at enormous cost . |
| 11 | can the children go to foster parents for a few hours , a longer period , or indefinitely ? ( see page 14 ) |
| 12 | The sceond rape took place in the early hours of this morning … a nineteen year old mother was walking home through New Bardwell in Milton Keynes … after buying a drink from a garage when she was offered a cannabis joint by two men in a white car … |
| 13 | Mr Harper , who runs the business with his brother David , said : ‘ Although the break-in took place in the early hours of yesterday morning I am sure somebody must have spotted something . |
| 14 | This debate is taking place in the early hours of the morning , but the presence of so many of my hon. Friends underlines the importance which the Opposition attach to it , which contrasts starkly with the importance that the Government attach to it . |
| 15 | She gives accounts of the long hours worked by women and the effort put into maintaining what were seen as adequate standards . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'll make land in a few hours , ’ he told her . |
| 17 | Put 10 cl of water and the same amount of white wine vinegar into a bowl or glass — along with three sprigs of rosemary , a sage leaf or two and three cloves of crushed garlic — and leave them all to exchange flavours for a few hours . |
| 18 | Better to take a long cool walk and see it that way than lose perspective in the weary hours of the night . |
| 19 | It seems ironic at a time of mounting concern about the excessive hours of junior hospital doctors . |