Example sentences of "for the last [num] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | They manhandled her out of the vehicle and through the front doors , down the corridor and into the small , windowless and empty room that had become her home for the last nine hours . |
| 2 | For the last six hours , the girls were operated on in separate theatres . |
| 3 | And would it be impolite of me to enquire exactly where you and the other officers have been for the last eight hours ? ’ |
| 4 | His chances of defending a frail total of 226 slipped away with the steady rain that fell for the last two hours . |
| 5 | It was a good seven-hour jeep-lurch , even with Abu at the wheel , and for the last two hours we drove over a tyre-tearing track down a parched spit of land . |
| 6 | She had heard raised voices for the last two hours , ever since she and Peter had arrived , and she was miserably aware that it was all her fault . |
| 7 | Subconsciously he must have been expecting something like this : his first reaction was not surprise but an intensification of the dull misery which had enveloped him for the last 24 hours . |
| 8 | The bulletin will include a summary for the last 24 hours , the worst level in the week and the latest 24 hour forecast . |
| 9 | I 've been in police custody for the last thirty-six hours . |