Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [art] [det] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |