Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] few hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 2 | yeah so we create a supervisor , we 've thrown numbers at the er the typing , swopped around a few hours , changed a bit here , changed a bit there , it 's all cosmetic stuff around the edges |
| 3 | The man threatened a cashier with a handgun in the raids which happened within a few hours of each other . |
| 4 | Laboriously tilled fields of corn became within a few hours torrents of mud , houses slipped down hillsides , church-towers were struck by lightning , sheep and cattle were carried away in swirling waters and dawn revealed their bloated corpses jammed against the piers of bridges that had themselves been partially destroyed by the weight and fury of the swollen waters . |
| 5 | Snow settled for a few hours in the Dundee area , causing traffic problems . |
| 6 | His visit lasted for a few hours at most — taking into account the time spent asleep — and the only really detailed description he gave was of the accommodation in which he slept in General Gowon 's home . |
| 7 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 8 | Normally Rachel slept for a few hours after the feed and Carrie had made sure her husband knew what to do should the baby wake up before she got home . |