Example sentences of "a few hours of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | The police would have to be told about Zoe 's murder tomorrow , but tonight he had a few hours of peace . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A few hours of oblivion probably , but failing that , Faber . |
| 7 | Its tail will shrink within a few hours of departure . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | After a few hours of embroidery I was free ; free to cycle wherever I liked with my friends . |
| 14 | But always , for that one first moment , there was a hope , a promise of a few hours of enchantment . |
| 15 | A few hours of relaxation away from the whirl of London for both of them , I suppose . |