Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] hours " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately , the injection did not work and despite much medication to calm his heart , he passed away in the early hours of the morning .
2 Unemployed members who had only two shillings a day came twelve miles by train to attend street corner meetings , or to undertake office duties , spent the surviving pennies on food , and walked home into the small hours of the morning in winter weather .
3 Joseph Shill returned home in the early hours of Sunday 21 December .
4 Fabia did not sleep well that night and , though Ven returned quietly in the early hours of Tuesday morning , she was awake , and heard him coming in .
5 Frequently the girls talked thus into the early hours — and usually in the comparatively small but cosy bedchamber allotted to Joan .
6 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 .
7 The party continued well into the early hours and was heralded as a great success by all .
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