Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] about two hours " in BNC.

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1 Two and one half inches of rain had fallen in about two hours , the sky clearing just before sundown .
2 " I have n't seen her for several weeks then she came in about two hours ago — sort of staggered into the kitchen , and she was carrying the kitten in her mouth .
3 He 'll never be among the winners ( top runners finish in about two hours 10 minutes ) , but he likes to complete a marathon in under four hours 25 minutes .
4 ‘ I still had to get to New York where my plane was due to leave in about two hours . ’
5 I had put in about two hours detecting time by now and these were the only two non-ferrous items I had found apart from some scrap lead .
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