Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] a few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already their affair was like marriage , with its own dispiriting routine , this shabby coming together for a few hours in the shabby office . |
| 2 | Fifteen miles north , they put into St Abbs haven , under the mighty headland of that name , just before dawn , and went ashore for a few hours ' rest in a hay barn . |
| 3 | Finishing the script , I would leave it for the typist and go home for a few hours ' nap until rehearsal time at two o'clock . |
| 4 | Go home for a few hours . |
| 5 | Even he , however , confessed that it was difficult to control men who had not been accustomed to organization , whose " idea was that once a union was formed everything should be put right in a few hours " . |
| 6 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |