Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] hours [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , Roger , I beg you , let us go back to our chamber , warm ourselves , snatch a few hours of sleep and tomorrow , as we break fast in the hall , I shall confront the murderer . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ All that remained was to kill a few hours in town , so I went to visit an old friend . |
| 3 | After the business of the day and the more important business of the evening meal , the inhabitants of Roziac were enjoying a few hours of leisure in the open air . |
| 4 | He put a couple of lamb chops under the grill , made a green salad and prepared to enjoy a few hours of solitude before the intrusion of Rickards and his preoccupations . |
| 5 | I spent a few hours at house in Delhi , before leaving on Sunday 28th November to catch the 03.45 flight to London . |
| 6 | So that he could find out just what environmental factors decide where and when individuals hunt for insect food , Jens Rydell , of the University of Lund in Sweden , drove once or twice a week along a 27km route through the countryside , in the south of Sweden , starting a few hours after sunset . |
| 7 | Benjamin and I left Royston in the last week of November , when the days grew dark early and the sun disappeared a few hours after noon . |
| 8 | The police would have to be told about Zoe 's murder tomorrow , but tonight he had a few hours of peace . |