Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for 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 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 .
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