Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adv] a hour " in BNC.

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1 Just leave it on basically for about an hour as long as you 're having a conversation
2 They had practised together for only an hour , yet it seemed like an eternity .
3 After going comfortably for nearly an hour Pat Connolly reported that he was losing engine pressure .
4 When we came to it , the militia had been there already for about an hour .
5 Some LEAs employ teachers to visit families with a pre-school child before they start school , usually for about an hour a week , to play with the child and involve the parents in finding out more about the child 's development and needs .
6 ‘ I anticipate that my husband will be home in about an hour . ’
7 If you 're planning a trip to TECHNIQUEST be sure to put aside at least an hour and a half .
8 They do it a half hour later or an hour later and if that holds , erm I think they usually , you know , it 's always at least an hour
9 Avoid going outdoors for about an hour or so .
10 ‘ Even while then it still had n't clicked in my brilliant brain why I was acting so , I put my foot down , and kept it there , and arrived here with about an hour to spare before your train was due in .
11 We got here in just an hour and five minutes .
12 Caitlin will be here in about an hour .
13 Grandma 's be around here in about an hour .
14 Shift-change was long over ; Haminh should have returned here at least an hour ago , unless she had a lover who had n't been mentioned , who she was in the habit of spending a shift with .
15 Sometimes she 'd keep me waiting there for over an hour while she scanned the surroundings through 180 degrees , over and over again .
16 We sit there for nearly an hour , staring into the house-sized holes , mesmerized by the relentless sound and fury .
17 They do the operation and keep the woman there for about an hour then give her 50 rupees .
18 But that was , we were standing there for about an hour I should think it was .
19 and er , this is what I , this is what I wanted , to tie to the flagpole and left him there for about an hour he had his pasting as well .
20 I know and like on Thursday yeah I mean we 're gon na be there for about an hour and a half probably yeah , and I wan na go home and I wan na drop my bag off and I wan na change my clothes and that 's gon na be like seven o'clock or eight o'clock like cos I wan na come round to band practice tomorrow and I wo n't get there until bloody eight o'clock and miss half my bloody weekend .
21 Oh well when I got back from I sat in there for about an hour cos the new girls that were meant to be sleeping in there slept in Zoey and Lucy 's room .
22 I must 'ave bin sittin' there fer over an hour an' then this geezer comes out an' beckons me in 'is office .
23 ‘ The train from Castlebar is due there in about an hour .
24 ‘ We 'll be there in about an hour or so , ’ Guido told her , as Ronni sat by his side stiffly , staring out the window .
25 We stayed there at least an hour .
26 He left again after only an hour . ’
27 Accompanied by Manuel Garcia Morante , she sang superbly for over an hour , and gave everyone the greatest joy .
28 I rambled aimlessly for about an hour , in and out of dirty narrow streets , their only saving grace being their brevity , in and out of a variety of shops , bought some oranges from the market stalls , the most interesting feature of the wretched place , then went in to see an ‘ explicit sex ’ film and was presented with a badly mutilated and heavily censored version of some third-rate continental film which I left within the first fifteen minutes .
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