Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] [art] few hours " in BNC.

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1 Then it 's time to slide into bed for a few hours ' sleep , to be woken once again for a patrol that will signal the start of a new day .
2 Some of the radioactive krypton isotopes with half-lives of a few hours may also have been released ( US NUREG-0558 , 1979 ) .
3 Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect .
4 We suggest you paint it with yoghurt , seaweed liquid fertiliser or a solution made by soaking a hessian bag of manure in water for a few hours .
5 It is best used after being steeped in water for a few hours .
6 ‘ Can I study this in depth for a few hours ? ’
7 Forward scouts came back to inform that the English might had reached Cheswick , a mere six miles to the south , and its vanguard would be before Berwick in a few hours .
8 A last cup of coffee and I left ; back to H and T's in time for a few hours ' fitful sleep ; then up and away , run to the station by Aunt Antonia .
9 An Ajdabiya shaikh needed in Hawari could fly there from Benghazi in a few hours .
10 However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable .
11 Having got back to bed for a few hours , at 0800 Captain Moore arrives at his office in the RMP Headquarters , which is housed in the 1936 Olympic Stadium Barracks , and by mid-morning is feeling a bit smug about the noticeable dent in the paperwork on his desk .
12 When he realises that he has a migraine , my husband retires to bed for a few hours then spends the rest of the day in an armchair .
13 I 'm going to sleep for a few hours . ’
14 Solutions of the polymer are prepared in a concentration series and clarified either by centrifugation for a few hours at about 25 000 g , or filtered through a grade 5 sinter glass filter .
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