Example sentences of "a few hours [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ca n't a woman get a few hours sleep of an after-noon ? ’ the slattern inquired of Didier . |
| 2 | Within a few hours drive of Gwent , for instance , lie some fascinating areas — the Forest of Dean , formerly a major coal-producing area ; Snowdonia , where the evidence of centuries of quarrying and mineral extraction is heaped everywhere ; Pembrokeshire , where pretty fishing villages once exported coal , and Cornwall where mining was once a much bigger earner than cream teas . |
| 3 | Only a few hours drive from Glasgow to a world of serenity and tranquillity . |
| 4 | Laboriously tilled fields of corn became within a few hours torrents of mud , houses slipped down hillsides , church-towers were struck by lightning , sheep and cattle were carried away in swirling waters and dawn revealed their bloated corpses jammed against the piers of bridges that had themselves been partially destroyed by the weight and fury of the swollen waters . |
| 5 | In a few hours time in Toronto Lynn Gibson will be racing for Britain in the 800 metres … |
| 6 | With excellent huts only a few hours walk from our tent and the possibility of traversing passes between them , we were spoilt for choice . |