Example sentences of "for the [num ord] hour [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 2 | Two guineas were paid for the use of the engine and hose , with payment of two shillings for the first hour and one shilling per hour afterwards for firemen , and one shilling for the first hour and six pence afterwards for pumpers . |
| 3 | Two guineas were paid for the use of the engine and hose , with payment of two shillings for the first hour and one shilling per hour afterwards for firemen , and one shilling for the first hour and six pence afterwards for pumpers . |
| 4 | Say they started on a Monday at two o'clock in the afternoon , he or she will take them away for the first hour and go through some of the main points of their work here . |
| 5 | He charges £40 for the first hour and £25 thereafter — which neatly incorporates the call-out fee in the first hour . |
| 6 | They charge 4 for the first hour and 3 for the next . |
| 7 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 8 | He 's been sitting on the bench for the last hour and has never once taken his eyes off the shop . |
| 9 | For the last hour or so Lewis ground it out with Smith , the Notts man restrained to the tune of eight runs in 19 overs , Smith reaching a 101-ball fifty . |
| 10 | He mounted the horse he had led for the last hour or so and walked it cautiously down into Buttermere which he entered with the utter conviction that he had been there before . |
| 11 | The oil appeared spasmodically for the next hour while three other patients came in . |
| 12 | For the next hour or two , Mr Handford tried to rectify the fault in the chilly darkness , but as it proved impossible , he decided to wait until daylight and to get some sleep meanwhile . |
| 13 | For the next hour or more his will be the voice in command of Doctor Who , the one charged with the responsibility of turning words on a printed script into cans of videotape to be seen , weeks later , by the audience at home . |
| 14 | I 'll be in the library for the next hour or so , if there should be a message for me . ’ |
| 15 | She was n't too worried , though , by the prospect of him being there , right beside her , for the next hour or so . |
| 16 | For the next hour or thereabouts I shall be at the Burgers ’ house in Wood Lane . ’ |
| 17 | Now erm I 've still got some stuff to do about child sex abuse for the next hour or so . |
| 18 | It 's it 's the same procedure that we accepted at the Finance Committee last Friday , and in mentioning it and hoping it will be acceptance that Longman 's can have the benefit of the Personnel 's sub-committee contribution for the next hour and a half or so . |
| 19 | My only thing in life will be for the next hour and forty minutes fuck , I live to tape , okay ? |