Example sentences of "[vb pp] a few hours [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was ambushed a few hours later and shot dead . |
| 2 | Thinking now of the battles she had fought with her own children , especially her daughter , Margharita , she felt a pang of remorse over the woman she had buried a few hours earlier . |
| 3 | Her husband was arrested a few hours later . |
| 4 | Because Dustin had eaten a few hours previously , the anaesthetist had to insert a tube in his mouth to stop him choking on his own vomit . |
| 5 | This impression was tragically confirmed a few hours later when news came through that HMS Sheffield had been sunk . |
| 6 | He was released a few hours later . |