Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] [adj] hours " in BNC.
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1 | She 'll be all right for a few hours . |
2 | Despite this demonstration of his habitual need for normal sleep , even if only for a few hours a night , this same individual appeared on television a few years later , again claiming never to sleep . |
3 | Opportunities to relax and let her guard down , even if only for a few hours , had been rare . |
4 | We knew it was not true to life but it was a good way to escape our humdrum lives if only for a few hours . |
5 | Volunteers usually act as ‘ sitters ’ caring for a client while the rest of the family is away , perhaps for a few hours for a weekly shopping trip . |
6 | Already their affair was like marriage , with its own dispiriting routine , this shabby coming together for a few hours in the shabby office . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Fifteen miles north , they put into St Abbs haven , under the mighty headland of that name , just before dawn , and went ashore for a few hours ' rest in a hay barn . |
9 | She had travelled overnight all the way from Scotland , just for a few hours one Saturday . |
10 | Today she 's come to a pre admissions clinic just for a few hours . |
11 | Finishing the script , I would leave it for the typist and go home for a few hours ' nap until rehearsal time at two o'clock . |
12 | Go home for a few hours . |
13 | If you do manage it then this brilliant collection of new maps will give you something to do tonight , at least for a few hours ! |
14 | If you do manage it then this brilliant collection of new maps will give you something to do tonight , at least for a few hours ! |
15 | ‘ Just as you 're going to have to endure being separated from Jeff every day — at least for a few hours , while we do our English lessons . ’ |
16 | I 'll be there for a few hours . ’ |
17 | It seemed , as her mother would have said , ‘ a crime ’ to waste a beautiful afternoon in a stuffy cinema , but she might be able to shed her troubles there for a few hours . |
18 | ‘ I had to get away from there for a few hours . |