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

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1 ( 193 ) In Bonn , the few hours of talk and the banquets with West German leaders were made to produce , by all accounts , the information he needed .
2 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 . ’
3 The police would have to be told about Zoe 's murder tomorrow , but tonight he had a few hours of peace .
4 You will find it much easier if you can bring yourself to take the very positive attitude that today the two of you are going to share just a few hours of life together : time that can never come again .
5 Large corporations in business make pitiful efforts to persuade men to attend lectures on retirement , as if a few hours of instruction could shield a man from the cold wind of eternity .
6 He suspected that some of his departmental heads , particularly BH Morgan , the Works Office Engineer , and Stephen Mansell , the Maintenance Superintendent , would have preferred a more relaxed setting in his private sitting room next door , the low , comfortable chairs , a few hours of chat with no set agenda , perhaps a drink together afterwards in a local pub .
7 A few hours of oblivion probably , but failing that , Faber .
8 Its tail will shrink within a few hours of departure .
9 A few hours of work at night would be a small price to pay for lolling about one of the most beautiful and secluded vacation spots in the world during the day .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 After a few hours of embroidery I was free ; free to cycle wherever I liked with my friends .
15 But always , for that one first moment , there was a hope , a promise of a few hours of enchantment .
16 A few hours of relaxation away from the whirl of London for both of them , I suppose .
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