Example sentences of "a few hours [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 A few hours later the verdict was in .
2 The sight of a photograph of a cancerous lung causes me to shrink with disgust from the very thought of smoking ; a few hours later the physical craving revives , obliterates the memory , and causes me to smoke again .
3 A few hours later the carrack was proceeding slowly up the narrow entrance to the Tagus between St Julian 's Fort and the sandbanks where the long Atlantic swell was making a dazzling white line of roaring surf .
4 A few hours later the family were driving back to Windsor .
5 She 'd only known him a few hours yet every cell of her body seemed sensitised to his presence .
6 ‘ Five bodies were found yesterday ( Wednesday ) , today another two and just a few hours ago the last body , ’ said a human rights officer .
7 A few hours earlier a Pakistan lead of hundreds seemed probable .
8 Only a few hours earlier an unexpected Meeting Notice had been issued , the agenda being simply ‘ To consider the conduct of Major H. R. Maxim ’ .
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