Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] for [adj] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Bucharest she sat for 48 hours in her hotel , waiting for word from her Romanian solicitor . |
| 2 | This stopped the hiccups and calmed him down , and that night he slept for sixteen hours . |
| 3 | For a week it rained for several hours each day . |
| 4 | This afternoon it poured for two hours solid . |
| 5 | From the resumption of collective bargaining in 1976 until 1986 , there were over 30 national strikes , but almost without exception they lasted for 24 hours or less , often for only 4 hours . |