Example sentences of "and [vb past] for [art] hour " in BNC.

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1 Johnson grasped hold of some solitude and became for an hour or so a noble savage and a member of the armies of medieval romance , communing with nature on the bank of a stream : ‘ The day was calm , the air soft , and all was rudeness , silence and solitude .
2 For the determination of total carnitine , 150 ml of ammonia ( 33% ) was added to two tubes and incubated for an hour at 37°C .
3 Sally did n't want another long day on the hill , so wished me well and watched for an hour as my headtorch beam got smaller and more erratic as I moved away across the glacier , interrogating the ice .
4 Every day he went out with his scribe in his boat and stayed for an hour in each of the twelve provinces of hid kingdom , ensuring that all was well .
5 The next morning , after I had drunk some coffee and sat for an hour with the first suggestions of boredom stirring inside me , the Feldwebel who had enjoyed the ride in the Mercedes so much came to the door .
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