Example sentences of "a few hours [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
| 2 | Now , Roger , I beg you , let us go back to our chamber , warm ourselves , snatch a few hours of sleep and tomorrow , as we break fast in the hall , I shall confront the murderer . ’ |
| 3 | The police would have to be told about Zoe 's murder tomorrow , but tonight he had a few hours of peace . |
| 4 | You will find it much easier if you can bring yourself to take the very positive attitude that today the two of you are going to share just a few hours of life together : time that can never come again . |
| 5 | Large corporations in business make pitiful efforts to persuade men to attend lectures on retirement , as if a few hours of instruction could shield a man from the cold wind of eternity . |
| 6 | He suspected that some of his departmental heads , particularly BH Morgan , the Works Office Engineer , and Stephen Mansell , the Maintenance Superintendent , would have preferred a more relaxed setting in his private sitting room next door , the low , comfortable chairs , a few hours of chat with no set agenda , perhaps a drink together afterwards in a local pub . |
| 7 | A few hours of oblivion probably , but failing that , Faber . |
| 8 | Its tail will shrink within a few hours of departure . |
| 9 | A few hours of work at night would be a small price to pay for lolling about one of the most beautiful and secluded vacation spots in the world during the day . |
| 10 | This will probably involve a social worker in an area team putting together a package that might consist of a few hours of home care , a couple of days of day care , and night sitting for one night . |
| 11 | He put a couple of lamb chops under the grill , made a green salad and prepared to enjoy a few hours of solitude before the intrusion of Rickards and his preoccupations . |
| 12 | After the business of the day and the more important business of the evening meal , the inhabitants of Roziac were enjoying a few hours of leisure in the open air . |
| 13 | Few have gone through aerobatic training , and the modern tendency is to be happy with a few hours of stall avoidance training and little , if any , spinning . |
| 14 | After a few hours of embroidery I was free ; free to cycle wherever I liked with my friends . |
| 15 | But always , for that one first moment , there was a hope , a promise of a few hours of enchantment . |
| 16 | A few hours of relaxation away from the whirl of London for both of them , I suppose . |
| 17 | So why not spare just a few hours for Amnesty International ? |
| 18 | Our morning walk along the cliffs gave us terrific views of the secluded white sand bays dotted along the coastline followed by a few hours on Pompièrre beach where the locals meet to picnic . |
| 19 | Inflation , which had officially fallen to 9.4 per cent in September 1989 and to around 7 per cent in October , rose sharply in November , while the austral lost one-tenth of its value on the black market , dropping to $1.00=1,000 australs in the course of a few hours on Nov. 20 against a background of uncertainty over economic policies , tension within the government and divisions in the labour movement . |
| 20 | In August , 1952 , more than nine inches fell in a few hours at Lynmouth , Devon . |
| 21 | I spent a few hours at house in Delhi , before leaving on Sunday 28th November to catch the 03.45 flight to London . |
| 22 | The DCS200 uses rechargeables , which will last only a few hours per charge . |
| 23 | Mary served behind the counter at Bacon 's for a few hours per week . |
| 24 | Happily in those days there was no air navel to take us in a few hours to Addis Ababa and bring us back a few days later . |
| 25 | Allow to dry for a few hours before painting with gold food colouring . |
| 26 | We were awoken early in the night , a few hours before dawn , by sharp screams , shouted orders , and the sound of running feet . |
| 27 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 28 | I needed to share all your life , not just a few hours in bed every night . ’ |
| 29 | SEPARATED BY just a few miles in distance and a few hours in time , the West 's most powerful central banker and the Soviet prime minister were yesterday at one : immediate and full scale price reform would only confront the Soviet Union with runaway inflation . |
| 30 | Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect . |