Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] hour [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few hours of embroidery I was free ; free to cycle wherever I liked with my friends . |
| 2 | This has led to waste and inefficiency since the definition of a good hour of work is one that can be charged to the contract rather than one in which some progress has been made . |
| 3 | In 1985 Caffier took advantage of a quiet hour over lunch at the Musée de l'école de Nancy and stole five pieces of pate de verre by Daum and Galle valued at more than FFr30 million . |
| 4 | This will probably involve a social worker in an area team putting together a package that might consist of a few hours of home care , a couple of days of day care , and night sitting for one night . |
| 5 | But always , for that one first moment , there was a hope , a promise of a few hours of enchantment . |
| 6 | The focus of this theory is upon the comparison individuals are presumed to make between the marginal value of an extra hour of work or leisure . |
| 7 | On mentioning that I was not happy to pay for a second hour of parking , for the privilege of waiting for their delayed train , I was told ‘ That 's no problem . |
| 8 | LPS-specific monoclonal antibody was added in a solution of PBS containing 0.05% Tween 20 , 1% BSA and 0.05% sodium azide ( PBSB-Tween ) and incubated for a further hour at room temperature . |
| 9 | Mary served behind the counter at Bacon 's for a few hours per week . |
| 10 | Allow to dry for a few hours before painting with gold food colouring . |
| 11 | Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect . |
| 12 | Few have gone through aerobatic training , and the modern tendency is to be happy with a few hours of stall avoidance training and little , if any , spinning . |
| 13 | About 12 hr. day with an half hour for lunch , where only bread and butter was given , no drink . |
| 14 | I accustomed my pupils to the tiny hard lenses — building up their resistance fastidiously for an extra hour per day — then lost one down the sink and the other down the Holborn Public Baths . |
| 15 | I accustomed my pupils to the tiny hard lenses — building up their resistance fastidiously for an extra hour per day — then lost one down the sink and the other down the Holborn Public Baths . |
| 16 | Its tail will shrink within a few hours of departure . |
| 17 | The harvested roots are bulky and heavy to transport and they must be crushed within a few hours after harvest to avoid loss of the sugary Juice . |
| 18 | The Ellan Vannin Diaries have obligingly altered the time of their deliveries to a later hour in response to one or two complaints of sleep disturbance . |
| 19 | Andrew Guest , of United , said the proposals for speed restrictions would mean buses travelling over 50 speed humps on a half hour round trip . |
| 20 | MANY night-clubbers must have wondered if , when the clocks went back from 2am to 1am on a Sunday morning , they were entitled to an extra hour of fun . |
| 21 | While feeling a little sad at leaving , Mr. Offer said that for the first time he would be looking forward to an extra hour in bed in the morning . |
| 22 | The extra hour of daylight in the winter evenings that this would mean would also be accompanied by an extra hour of darkness in the winter mornings . |