Example sentences of "had [verb] [num] hours [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hick had to wait 48 hours to chalk up the final six runs to complete the milestone after reaching 82 not out on Thursday . |
| 2 | The passengers had spent six hours stuck without explanation in Winnipeg . |
| 3 | The fact that all the nation 's radio stations , including City Radio , had spent two hours denouncing the hoax call of the breakfast hour was irrelevant . |
| 4 | I had spent four hours catching nothing and he simply swooped down and lifted a trout of at least 2lb from under my nose . |
| 5 | But Mr Urbanec pointed to hardline resistance to change within the party by revealing to the opposition that he had spent three hours seeking , apparently in vain , to persuade regional party barons that their ‘ policy of power ’ could not continue . |
| 6 | Such was the confusion that the BBC , who had spent three hours covering the race , only just managed to catch the men 's finish and went off air without knowing the second and third-placed finishers , despite a warning on Friday that such an eventuality was possible . |
| 7 | It was already half-past twelve and unlikely that the lads had taken three hours buying bread . |