Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] a few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | can the children go to foster parents for a few hours , a longer period , or indefinitely ? ( see page 14 ) |
| 2 | Betty and George found their support in the local day centre , Jill from a relative 's support group and Gladys through a care attendant scheme that relieved her responsibilities for a few hours each day . |
| 3 | Put 10 cl of water and the same amount of white wine vinegar into a bowl or glass — along with three sprigs of rosemary , a sage leaf or two and three cloves of crushed garlic — and leave them all to exchange flavours for a few hours . |
| 4 | THE POUND yesterday posted its steepest one-day fall in more than three years , sinking almost 6 pfennigs within a few hours . |
| 5 | Page 29 Sterling slumps : The pound posted its steepest one-day fall in more than three years , sinking almost six pfennigs in a few hours to close at DM2.9737 . |
| 6 | To tell the truth I 'll be glad to escape from the little horrors for a few hours ! |
| 7 | Neither the SOC forces nor the guerrilla forces made significant gains in terms of control of territory during August ; the SOC forces on the whole maintained their positions , while the guerrillas continued to launch attacks and hold positions for a few hours before retreating . |
| 8 | " If we do n't start drying the hides now , dampness and the heat will destroy all our efforts within a few hours . " |
| 9 | It is always tempting to push on , but why not consider the pleasures of a few hours snoozing in the sun followed by a swift descent on hardening snow ? |
| 10 | Market loans consist of a variety of different loans from a few hours to a few weeks , mainly to other banks or to financial institutions such as the discount houses which specialize in short-term lending and borrowing . |
| 11 | This is because they can include additional short irradiations for elements with isotopes of very short half-lives , from a few minutes to a few hours , although this increases the analyst 's work . |
| 12 | An interview can last anything from fifteen minutes to a few hours , though normally one hour is considered long , so it is essential to maintain the informant 's interest and attention for the duration . |
| 13 | There wo n't be anything substantial from the labs for a few hours yet . |
| 14 | Also in the house were two children , no doubt lucky to be alive , as Mrs Dyer usually despatched her charges within a few hours of receiving them . |
| 15 | Everything he owned just to have it in his hands for a few hours . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll go out to the fields for a few hours to try to work off some of this . ’ |
| 17 | After all , there are lots of people for whom the cinema is just a place to go , to get away from the children for a few hours , to be together perhaps , for a courting couple . |
| 18 | Some of the radioactive krypton isotopes with half-lives of a few hours may also have been released ( US NUREG-0558 , 1979 ) . |
| 19 | The lad should have been put in the cells for a few hours to cool off . |