Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] [det] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | John 's lamp light lasted for the first few hours of his entombment and from then on he was in total darkness . |
| 2 | I found it very difficult for the first few hours , but after watching the robots and using my skill at cheating I was able to watch somebody else to find out how to complete each screen , of which there are lots . |
| 3 | He 'll be , he 'll be quiet for the first few hours , he wo n't sort , say anything , then he |
| 4 | After all , it 's served you well for the past few hours and may now be looking forward to you treating it . |
| 5 | And a cobweb across an entrance hole tells you that nobody has passed that way for the past few hours , but little more . |
| 6 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 7 | For the past few hours she had been too busy to think of her own problem . |
| 8 | Checking his watch he saw it was time to swim back to the canoe and his rendezvous with Roger Courtney , who had been paddling offshore for the last few hours , keeping the canoe head or stern towards the beach so that it was less likely to be seen . |
| 9 | For the last few hours he had been thinking about James and Kate and the rest of the Mollands , the Salpertons and the Redburns ; and it would not have shocked him if any or all of them who were still alive had turned up unannounced at Number 29 . |
| 10 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 11 | The relief of escaping from his company was so intense that she felt as if she 'd been wired up to an electric charge for the last few hours and someone had finally taken pity on her and turned off the power . |
| 12 | For the next few hours , I was back on the road , passing flatbed trucks carrying huge , tapering logs like giant carrots with their tips chopped off . |
| 13 | For the next few hours , I walked in and out of Sligo , beside the swollen , roaring river , its many weirs , ruined mills and unexpected bridges . |
| 14 | I was conscious soon after , and for the next few hours was in a state of half-sleeping , half-waking , yet aware of the presence of a pretty young nurse , perhaps Thai or Korean , who alternated between giving me sips of water and jabbing a needle in my bum . |
| 15 | Watch the fish carefully for the next few hours — especially if there are other fish already in the tank . |
| 16 | For the next few hours they went among the high street shops , first searching through the shelves of Joseph Toms , Toys and Fancy Goods , for novelties , then looking among the tiny cupboards of Charles Weaver , Apothecary , sampling the sweet-tasting , harmless powders on their fingers and mixing the brightly-coloured liquids in beakers . |
| 17 | Our instructor took us off into the unknown for the next few hours , where we experienced ice , spring snow , powder and crud . |
| 18 | She hoped that Anna would keep off the subject of Luke for the next few hours . |
| 19 | ‘ I suggest that we try to put our differences aside for the next few hours and get on with the business at hand . ’ |
| 20 | But what I would like to do is to keep him here , just for the next few hours . |
| 21 | ‘ Look , Cand , are you going to tell me what the heck you 're talking about , or do I have to play riddle-me-ree for the next few hours ? ’ |
| 22 | But since we 're stuck to each other for the next several hours — ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Then I suggest we do the best we can for the next several hours . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't think of anything for a good few hours , ’ he admitted throatily . |
| 25 | The four of us drifted in and out of sleep for a further few hours , then , miraculously , at about 4 pm , the fog lifted and the rain ceased . |
| 26 | It had made for a lively few hours but now that they 'd gone the place seemed oddly , unnaturally quiet again . |