Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July 1980 , AMES staged its first public demonstration , when the El Calvario church was occupied for a few hours to demand a reduction in the price of basic food stuffs . |
| 2 | We 've been told to take off times , but if there 's one certainty , they 'll be rescheduled by a few hours before the season starts . |
| 3 | Last week the Ulster Amateur Drama Festival had to be moved at a few hours notice , after Belfast 's Grand Opera House was extensively damaged by a 1,000lb bomb . |
| 4 | The men and women ( eleven in all ) who met here and talked for a few hours and went their unremarkable ways , were the descendants of the impassioned few Roxborough had gathered around him in the dark days following the failure of the Reconciliation . |
| 5 | One afternoon at the beginning of July , when the pub was closed for a few hours , she suggested they might take little Lil out for an airing . |
| 6 | Most of the houses in the village were quite large , with shutters which were only opened for a few hours in the mornings ; if there was a breeze long lace curtains could be seen gently moving . |
| 7 | His cider sodden mind was causing him to treat his beloved motorcycle in a way he would never have dreamed of a few hours before . |
| 8 | Mortar is applied to such areas as will be tessellated within a few hours , and certainly within the day ( hence giornata , for mortar patches which represent a completed period of work ) . |
| 9 | I be they 've never played Turrican or Creatures otherwise they 'd be gobsmacked , especially the console owners who pay about £40 for games that can often be completed in a few hours ! |
| 10 | The harvested roots are bulky and heavy to transport and they must be crushed within a few hours after harvest to avoid loss of the sugary Juice . |
| 11 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
| 12 | Zen 's barking background could only have been a big plus the day he found a newborn baby whose entire experience of life was going to be lying abandoned for a few hours by a creek near Plymouth . |
| 13 | On at least a morning a week at ‘ family specialist ’ hotels , children are collected , given breakfast and taken on a trip or entertained for a few hours so their parents can enjoy a morning on their own . |
| 14 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 15 | The process of counting is a proficient one and a sufficient number of results are usually announced within a few hours of the close of the polls to know which party has won the election . |
| 16 | It 'd be gone within a few hours . |
| 17 | The company claims that the time taken to generate and integrate the management of , for example , a network hub can be cut to a few hours . |
| 18 | Innsbruck , the famous Olympic ski resort is another excursion where you have a fascinating guided coach tour of the city followed by a few hours to explore for yourselves . |
| 19 | Our morning walk along the cliffs gave us terrific views of the secluded white sand bays dotted along the coastline followed by a few hours on Pompièrre beach where the locals meet to picnic . |
| 20 | We were billeted in the Grand Hotel , the massive Victorian pile which dominated Scarborough in turreted splendour from its eminence above the sea , and the big dining room was packed with several hundred shouting airmen , The iron discipline was relaxed for a few hours to let the Yuletide spirit run free . |
| 21 | It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision . |
| 22 | THE POCKET DREAM , by Elly Brewer and Sandi Toksvig , is a TV sketch of no freshness or wit extended for a few hours , like a sausage that is half cereal and half donkey meat . |