Example sentences of "in a few hours [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In August , 1952 , more than nine inches fell in a few hours at Lynmouth , Devon . |
| 4 | In a few hours of concentrated assault he could destroy months of determined surreptitious growth ; but then he would discover some other , overlooked area where things had been going to the dogs unheeded and some valiantly struggling patch of wood anemone or bluebells had been choked to the last gasp . |
| 5 | Either way , a whole house-shell could be put up in a few hours by a few successive foam-formings of the main walls and pillars . |