Example sentences of "for a [det] hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ensure you get a full charge , just leave on for a half hour or so longer than normal . |
| 2 | Or are you still going to tell me that you were alone , alone all evening except for a half hour in a café ? ’ |
| 3 | Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect . |
| 4 | I kept wandering around for a few hours , with no idea where I was or where I was going , then somewhere along the line I chanced upon an open space where there was the odd bench scattered here and there and I used one of these for my lie-down . |
| 5 | Since a firm intact skin is essential , both to exclude infections and prevent the contents from drying out , it is usual to leave roots on the soil surface for a few hours to harden their skins . |
| 6 | Leave the instrument in a greenhouse containing well-watered plants on a sunny day for a few hours to get an idea of maximum deflection . |
| 7 | They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping . |
| 8 | Sylvia comes from nine to five each weekday , and nurses are on duty between six and 10 every evening and for a few hours at the weekend . |
| 9 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 10 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll go out to the fields for a few hours to try to work off some of this . ’ |
| 12 | The evening class had been Amanda 's way of escaping her boring husband for a few hours . |
| 13 | Having got back to bed for a few hours , at 0800 Captain Moore arrives at his office in the RMP Headquarters , which is housed in the 1936 Olympic Stadium Barracks , and by mid-morning is feeling a bit smug about the noticeable dent in the paperwork on his desk . |
| 14 | Then it 's time to slide into bed for a few hours ' sleep , to be woken once again for a patrol that will signal the start of a new day . |
| 15 | It was only a vote in the Commons at 11 p.m. that brought the evening to an end and then she returned to Downing Street for a few hours ' work on her boxes before turning in . |
| 16 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 17 | Yes , I was possessed , but happy to be so , if it allowed me to be with him , to feel him near me for a few hours every day . |
| 18 | Zen 's barking background could only have been a big plus the day he found a newborn baby whose entire experience of life was going to be lying abandoned for a few hours by a creek near Plymouth . |
| 19 | We suggest you paint it with yoghurt , seaweed liquid fertiliser or a solution made by soaking a hessian bag of manure in water for a few hours . |
| 20 | These people , I remarked , could pull out of their pockets , thoughtlessly , as much money for a round of drinks as most single parents have to live on for a week ; could pay as much for a few hours ’ sleep as a Third World peasant and his family have to live , or die , on for a year . |
| 21 | For a few hours each day the HCI Captain keeps them occupied like a regular Mary Poppins with games excursions and rehearsals for junior showtime . |
| 22 | And again , when reporting on the A & B Foursomes in January 1969 , he started as follows : ‘ There must be an increased number of wives who are convinced that there is a special weather dispensation for Harpsden , or it may be , of course , that many of them are only too glad to get the old man out of the house for a few hours on a wet Sunday . ’ |
| 23 | Now that 's settled can I carry on moping for a few hours more ? ’ |
| 24 | She always did bring the water eventually , and to her cronies Mairi sometimes admitted she was glad to see the back of her for a few hours ; but that never weakened her tongue . |
| 25 | Perhaps it will be both rather more demanding and more flexible than some , asking for a few hours a year but with more emphasis on personal planning . |
| 26 | A daughter may start by doing the shopping or going to sit with them for a few hours . |
| 27 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 28 | Just a willingness to be available for a few hours to suit you — within an agreed rota — to walk around the reserve helping people enjoy their visit and also avoiding problems of pressure on sensitive reserve areas . ’ |
| 29 | I collect a dozen or so from the dewy grass in the early morning and set off for a few hours ' chubbing , knowing I am going to catch several fish , providing , of course , the weather and water conditions are favourable . |
| 30 | It was at this point that I gave up any hopes for an aviation career simply because of the increasing high cost of hiring that DH Moth for a few hours every weekend . |