Example sentences of "[adj] few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dexter did not see Blanche for another few hours . |
| 2 | Yet the thought of being cooped up indoors for another few hours made her feel almost suicidal . |
| 3 | Only another few hours to get through . |
| 4 | Another few hours of training . |
| 5 | The four of us drifted in and out of sleep for a further few hours , then , miraculously , at about 4 pm , the fog lifted and the rain ceased . |
| 6 | It had made for a lively few hours but now that they 'd gone the place seemed oddly , unnaturally quiet again . |
| 7 | On the first occasion , when a clear moonlight night was forecast , the most atrocious storm developed and we were forced to spend an uncomfortable few hours benighted near the summit of Elidir Fawr . |
| 8 | In general if an illness has appeared rapidly and vigorously over a matter of hours then one should look for a cause in the preceding few hours or day at the most . |
| 9 | It does n't sound much , but if we ignored those extra few hours , after four years our calendar year would be a whole day ahead of the solar year . |
| 10 | Somewhere inside himself he felt disgust at the events of the previous few hours . |
| 11 | If they have n't dug anything out , what do you think I can do by myself in these few hours ? ’ |
| 12 | This time it was Jean herself who took the wheel as she took her husband home to spend a cosy few hours by his own fireside . |
| 13 | Get a good few hours before light . |
| 14 | We did , however , both have a certain number of securities , and a good few hours were spent deciding which to sell . |
| 15 | You 're sure to spend a good few hours at the time playing this fun sports sim — so do n't for get the suntan oil ! |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't think of anything for a good few hours , ’ he admitted throatily . |
| 17 | The memory of those few hours is etched on my mind . |
| 18 | She 'd only had those few hours at The Haven . |
| 19 | Newcomers to night fishing are always surprised to find how cold it is at night , especially those few hours before and after dawn . |
| 20 | If you are really fond of her , then you know that you will both give each other pleasure simply by being together for a while , but you must be prepared to give much more of yourself to the conduct of those few hours than you probably would in other social circumstances . |
| 21 | And for those few hours after she got home she found she could talk to her mother properly for the first time in over two years . |
| 22 | I knew myself to be , for those few hours , Queen of his heart . |
| 23 | It was important to remember that it was only a few hours since Floy and Snodgrass had left Tara , the Shining Citadel , the Bright Palace , and that there was not very much that could have gone wrong for them in those few hours . |
| 24 | Those few hours ca n't have altered your opinion of me . ’ |
| 25 | Over these , over those few hours many times Pilate was faced with the Lord Jesus , and he recognized who he was . |
| 26 | Most gliding clubs have a system of re-checking pilots during the first few hours of solo flying , but then pilots are left very much to their own devices to improve their soaring techniques . |
| 27 | But by all means take a flask of tea or coffee to drink during the first few hours , but flasked drinks always taste stale after ten or twelve hours . |
| 28 | John 's lamp light lasted for the first few hours of his entombment and from then on he was in total darkness . |
| 29 | Your body is most amenable to replenishing muscle glycogen in those first few hours after exercising . |
| 30 | Combined with my relief that a resting-place had finally been found was satisfaction that I 'd had him with me for those first few hours and that he had not been whisked from his bed by complete strangers and reappeared , repackaged , at the crematorium a week later . |