Example sentences of "[pron] for [art] [det] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Then perhaps you could make a small room available to me for a few hours ? |
| 3 | Do n't you think you can manage to stop needling me for a few hours ? ’ |
| 4 | A daughter may start by doing the shopping or going to sit with them for a few hours . |
| 5 | If the wife is unable to take a nap in the afternoon when the children are napping , then possibly there is someone who could look after them for a few hours at least one day a week for her to regain her strength . |
| 6 | One hour later we dissociated the nerves , cultured them for a few hours , and double-labelled them with an anti-BrdU antibody and an antibody that labels oligodendrocyte precursor cells . |
| 7 | To wash our dishes , for instance , requires placing them for a few hours in a rattan basket in the swift-flowing stream deflected through the kitchen to the left of our house . |
| 8 | Her father 's belief that people made their own luck was true , Cora-Beth thought , when by lunchtime the following day Harry had finished his business with the architect and her ruse to have him to herself for a few hours paid off . |
| 9 | She needed to keep it all to herself for a few hours — hours in which she could live that precious time over and over again , recall his kisses , his voice and , above all , the look in his eyes . |
| 10 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 13 | Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours . |
| 14 | One day during the early summer , Guy Gibson of Dam Busters fame flew in to Bourn and was with us for a few hours . |
| 15 | Not that I think he 'll feel like doing much of anything for a few hours , anyway . ’ |