Example sentences of "[verb] for [num] hour [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wounds were then left to heal for 18 hours and the position of the epithelial wound margin was noted in relation to the mesenchymal markers ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 2 | One would watch for two hours while the other slept . |
| 3 | And a 7-mile stretch of the eastbound carriageway of the M50 from Ross to Newent was closed for 5 hours until the wreckage was towed away . |
| 4 | The aircraft was left for two hours while the pilot was arranging for its recovery , and during this period it was extensively damaged by vandals . |
| 5 | RAPE LIE OF LOLITA LOVER ( ‘ A father of Two … was held and questioned for 24 hours before the girl confessed she had lied about being raped ’ ) . |