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

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1 Some stopped dividing after a few hours and remained generalised in form and in dense clusters .
2 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 .
3 When they had gone and the noise of the engines had faded away , all would be quiet for a few hours and most people on night duty could relax — but not the Met Office , of course .
4 He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field .
5 But for now , she would not allow herself to think , she would rest for a few hours and then make arrangements to deal with business matters .
6 The men and women ( eleven in all ) who met here and talked for a few hours and went their unremarkable ways , were the descendants of the impassioned few Roxborough had gathered around him in the dark days following the failure of the Reconciliation .
7 ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’
8 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 .
9 If , however , it 's absorbed by osmosis through the skin , it simply paralyses in a death-like state for anything between a few hours and a few days , depending on the dosage .
10 After multiple cycles of amplification contaminating RNA species are no longer a problem and there is plenty of material to clone , sequence , or otherwise analyse , all within a few hours and with minimal manual intervention .
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