Example sentences of "in [adv] a [adj] hour " in BNC.
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1 | Watched by a demonstration of 5000 jeering westerners at the Brandenburg Gate , and by Mr Willi Brandt , the then Mayor of West Berlin who referred to ‘ the vacant eyes of uniformed compatriots doing their duty on the other side ’ , the soldiers completed the first barrier in only a few hours . |
2 | On the other hand Nova Cygni 1975 , which rose to magnitude 1.8 in only a few hours , dropped below naked-eye visibility in less than a week , and by now I have lost sight of it even with the 39-cm reflector in my observatory . |
3 | Tickets for the show , which is being backed by the Arts Council , the City Council , and the Merseyside Development Corporation , sold out in only a few hours . |
4 | In just a few hours , a doomed cell separates from its neighbours and shrinks , while its nucleus changes shape and fragments . |
5 | Dressing hurriedly , he dashed outside to find that , in just a few hours , the whole world had been transformed . |
6 | While our friends have made their new houses look good in just a few hours with a lick of paint , we 've had to put up new ceilings , repair skirting boards and hack off layers of old tiles . |
7 | Sit down at your machine with a cassette player and knit , following Diane 's clear and helpful explanations and in just a few hours YOU will be the master of your machine ! |
8 | Small areas of rot can be cut out and filled with two-part epoxy resin , which should give a strong permanent bond , with the advantage that several layers can be applied in just a few hours , and then easily sanded to a fine finish . |