Example sentences of "[num] hours [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | new liners and that in the eight hours we were on shift . |
| 2 | And for eight hours she devoted herself to sufferers and staff — smiling , chatting and listening . |
| 3 | Within eight hours she had developed central abdominal pain , vomiting , and distension . |
| 4 | She said : ‘ On one day , the water ran dirty for eight hours it was impossible to drink , you could n't make tea and washing was filthy . |
| 5 | I was cold and hungry — in eight hours I had only had three tangerines — and I throbbed from toes to groin . |
| 6 | If they do n't respond to me in the next forty eight hours I 'm going to send them a second letter er tel . |
| 7 | Anyway , this somebody must of given her the idea , I think it was our local doctor oh you 'll be alright you know , you have to have to have them in forty eight hours you see so |
| 8 | I carried out tests and after eight hours he said he wanted to go home . |
| 9 | A little after 0530 hours she was 45 miles ( 72km ) from the estuary , when she crossed the tracks of the Wolfe-Mowe destroyers , sent out earlier that night to sweep for mines that the Germans thought had been laid by the British force . |
| 10 | But within 12 hours she was dead . |
| 11 | After 4 attempts and 2 hours they finally got 568 kayaks strung together and held only by hands for 30 seconds before departing 5km down to Holme Pierrepont for a fun afternoon . |
| 12 | and erm I used to do erm , keep a check on the flying times of the planes cos every forty hours they had to come in for a different check . |
| 13 | And anything you do above forty hours you can extra for ? |
| 14 | For forty hours he had not slept , and for nine had been in the thickest of the fighting . |
| 15 | The justices heard oral evidence , and after a hearing lasting more than six hours they deferred the statement of their decision and reasons for 10 days . |
| 16 | After almost six hours they failed to reach verdicts on any of the defendants , who are said to have used language students as couriers . |
| 17 | — despite both being besieged by jet-lag and the six hours it needed to complete their second rounds . |
| 18 | With shops closed for more than six hours it 's been a costly afternoon for businesses — but shopkeepers agree the caution is justified . |
| 19 | ‘ We are at the bedside of the girl and are now starting to piece together what happened to her in the six hours she was in the hands of this maniac . |
| 20 | So that 's within six hours you would have worked your way through more than half of your compliment of armed officers ? |
| 21 | Yeah although it did n't , it did n't I w I was n't too concerned about it , I thought well you know I 'm resting er and er I 'm the sort of person who only needs about six hours , if I get six hours I 'm okay erm , you know , on a regular basis I 'm talking about . |
| 22 | However , feeding is critical and soldiers who are unfed ca n't fight , indeed after about forty-eight hours they fall over ! |
| 23 | We feel very strongly about freedom of expression , so when [ in 1989 ] the NEA withdrew its grant to Artist 's Space , within forty-eight hours we gave them $10,000 to replace it . |
| 24 | Pietro had finally agreed to Zen 's presence , on condition that there was no contact until the pay-off actually began , so during the intervening forty-eight hours he had had nothing to do with the case beyond having the ransom money photographed to record the serial numbers and finalizing the arrangements for collecting Ruggiero when he was released . |
| 25 | Somerset won the toss and batted , but within 1¾ hours they were bowled out for 88 — this after 60 had been made for the loss of only one wicket . |
| 26 | No , it 's thirteen hours I want |
| 27 | Certainly if players such as Edberg , involved in the final stages of the Australian Open , felt even remotely like I did after the 31 hours it took me to arrive home from Melbourne before leaving on another seven hour journey to Bayonne less than 24 hours later , then it is no wonder that many of them are unable to do justice either to themselves or their countries in Davis Cup competition , as things stand . |
| 28 | In the next three hours they heard and saw nothing ashore before setting up the signal light and infrared beam at 0015 that Sunday morning : an hour or so later the first craft — carrying the Rangers — came past , some 10 minutes late . |
| 29 | But erm I think last year we w Was it about three hours they went , last year ? |
| 30 | For three hours we worked and drank , worked and ate , worked and packed . |