Example sentences of "hours [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stewart Raynsford and Peter Kemp were found slumped in their unlocked cell just hours after arriving at the jail and it was assumed they had been attacked by fellow inmates . |
| 2 | Hours of marching under the bellowings of our sergeant ; quick march , slow march , about turn . |
| 3 | Drying experiments at Silsoe showed that on an average non-rainy day , thin mats were ready to harvest for wilted silage after about three hours compared with between six and 36 hours of wilting with the unconditioned crop . |
| 4 | Forget hours of hanging around the local job centre , just pop down the pub , have a pint , and see if landlord Charles Knowles has any new employment opportunities . |
| 5 | Her nudity provided a carte blanche that hours of queuing at the press tent could never have done . |
| 6 | The night duty men are also called early from their beds to parade for the football matches , therefore with insufficient sleep , coupled with hours of standing in the cold within a short space of rising from a warm bed , it is not surprising to have a heavy sick list … can not matters be arranged more conveniently for the family man ? |
| 7 | COUNTLESS hours of studying over the past six years have paid off for a Barlaston engineering technician — in the form of an Open University degree . |
| 8 | There was a period of at least 12 hours of fasting before the investigations . |
| 9 | Er and the proposal that I shall report is the and in particular those matter our certainty of responsibility between various agencies needs to be addressed erm it arose obviously are much more widespread than in the past week , but er I was granted in fact to give consideration to this result of the parish meeting , conventional routine parish meeting at Barnham er on the fourth of January erm which led to the largest parish meetings I think they 've had in many years erm when because people were incensed with the suffering and the hardship that they had as a result of the flooding on the night of Thursday the thirtieth of December erm should let me say first of all that erm I would congratulate all those who were involved er in dealing with the present emergency operations erm it 's quite superb , it 's erm it seemed to be erm a remarkable reflection on the capacity er that to deal with certain circumstances reflects very well on this authority and in saying that I mean it 's not just the opposites to the men and women who are involved , but also whereas I 'm sure many members are here that members amongst our numbers have putting on very long hours in dealing with the present circumstances and I congratulate on the activities . |
| 10 | But captain Graham Gooch waited almost 60 hours before phoning with the bad news at 9.30 yesterday morning . |
| 11 | It is advisable to stop chloral 24 hours before weaning from the ventilator |
| 12 | The two six man teams board a coach in the early hours of Sunday and can be driven around for hours before arriving at the venue of the referee 's choice . |
| 13 | If they timed it just right they could scavenge for a few hours before going to the Royalty in Ladbroke Grove for the Saturday morning minors . |
| 14 | Fish caught in gill-nets are generally regarded as being of poorer quality , because they are often dead for many hours before coming aboard the fishing vessel . |