Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adv] a hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect that evening was that it hurt , especially as my supper was delayed for over an hour by blocked jets . |
| 2 | Both women died instantly but Mark , who was trapped for almost an hour in the wreckage , was taken to Wexham Park Hospital , Slough , Berks , with severe chest and leg injuries . |
| 3 | She had sat for maybe an hour , in an almost trancelike state , then she heard a rustling and approaching footsteps . |
| 4 | Selissa Vance 's frantic parents searched for nearly an hour before they found her , virtually unhurt , under a nearby tree . |
| 5 | I imagine we 've got at least an hour before any more humans come , and it 's not a lot different to a truck . ’ |
| 6 | After being detained for over an hour and interrogated by the police captain , he is finally permitted to leave ( scene six ) . |
| 7 | Rescue workers had battled for over an hour to revive them . |
| 8 | Rescue workers had battled for over an hour to revive them . |
| 9 | In 1977 , J. Ekstrand demonstrated that when a healthy adult male weighing 60 kg swallowed 10 milligrams of fluoride , the levels of ionic fluoride in his blood peaked after about an hour to just over 0–4 ppm per kg of body weight ( European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology , vol 12 , p 311 ) . |
| 10 | The journey was meant to last three hours , but the train always left at least an hour late . |
| 11 | The Iraqi cease-fire ended after barely an hour . |
| 12 | After they had been stranded for about an hour , they heard splashing and noticed a smell of dead fish , then a hissing noise . |