Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little traffic on them during the dark hours at present , but if the lines are to be used by freight trains — some of them a mile long trundling through the night and causing heavy vibration and noise , there will be a dramatic effect on the environment and quality of life of those who live in proximity to them . |
| 2 | Yes , I was possessed , but happy to be so , if it allowed me to be with him , to feel him near me for a few hours every day . |
| 3 | ‘ Then perhaps you could make a small room available to me for a few hours ? |
| 4 | Do n't you think you can manage to stop needling me for a few hours ? ’ |
| 5 | A daughter may start by doing the shopping or going to sit with them for a few hours . |
| 6 | If the wife is unable to take a nap in the afternoon when the children are napping , then possibly there is someone who could look after them for a few hours at least one day a week for her to regain her strength . |
| 7 | One hour later we dissociated the nerves , cultured them for a few hours , and double-labelled them with an anti-BrdU antibody and an antibody that labels oligodendrocyte precursor cells . |
| 8 | To wash our dishes , for instance , requires placing them for a few hours in a rattan basket in the swift-flowing stream deflected through the kitchen to the left of our house . |
| 9 | They were left feeling drained , insulted and angry at a man who suggested he should bill them for the five hours he spent at their home . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , Robyn , ’ he smiled , ‘ as much as I would like to stay here , chatting with you until the small hours , I 'm afraid I must be off . |
| 11 | The answers to these questions seemed to elude me in the small hours in dampest Solihull , my mind seemed to be preoccupied by the pain coming from my back , neck and yes my backside as well ! |
| 12 | Now anyone with a spreadsheet should be able to do them in a few hours . |
| 13 | Oh , no , never say that he did not like them , after all her hard work and the writing of them in the small hours after her demanding duties as a dogsbody had already tired her ! |
| 14 | A determined protest squad went into action in Thursley this week , 30 years ago , to stop a car rally which would have meant no sleep for them until the early hours of the morning . |
| 15 | Somehow she made her way down to the library , picked out the Dietrich films and forced herself to watch them until the early hours . |
| 16 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 17 | Her presence would help him through the waiting hours of the night . |
| 18 | She always did bring the water eventually , and to her cronies Mairi sometimes admitted she was glad to see the back of her for a few hours ; but that never weakened her tongue . |
| 19 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 20 | His 60-year-old wife called in police , claiming he had punched her during the early hours after the ceremony to install him as the 18th civic leader at Stockton . |
| 21 | But Mr Chadwin said when police officers spoke to him in the early hours of the following morning when he was in the car with Miss Jeanette near Catterick Bridge they had not noticed any dramatic injuries . |
| 22 | It came to him in the small hours . |
| 23 | ‘ We are at the bedside of the girl and are now starting to piece together what happened to her in the six hours she was in the hands of this maniac . |
| 24 | Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours . |
| 25 | ‘ We urgently appeal to anybody who may have seen it during the 48 hours in which it was missing to contact us . ’ |
| 26 | Yeah , probably did it in a few hours |
| 27 | I ca n't stand it , I hear it in the early hours . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We also know that if Vechey committed suicide he must have done it in the early hours , just before dawn . |
| 29 | There is a copy here if Members want to browse through it in the small hours of morning . |
| 30 | She had thought about it in the dark hours of the night . |