Example sentences of "we [vb past] for [adj] hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | We rode for five hours in the rain . |
| 2 | On average , we met for three hours every ten days , constantly revising , exchanging and criticising so that in the end we had both had a hand in everything . |
| 3 | We were not far below the hanging glacier bivouac , where we stopped for two hours before pushing on to make the most of the night . |
| 4 | I went down and the guy there started talking to me and we talked for five hours about life , about the reality of life , the reality of desires and goals and all that good stuff . |
| 5 | We talked for two hours and , ’ he threw out both hands in a gesture of surrender , ‘ at the end of it she , yes , wore me down . ’ |
| 6 | We fished for several hours without seeing so much as a fin . |
| 7 | We marched for several hours then rested in a thickly wooded area until darkness fell . |
| 8 | We waited for two hours , but nobody came . |
| 9 | We waited for three hours and did not move . |
| 10 | After dinner the etiquette was very stiff , and we stood for two hours . |