Example sentences of "[verb] for [adv] [det] [art] hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | er Irene was er , erm bath on a Tuesday and Ron usually goes , Ron does n't stay in very long , Irene just goes for about half an hour so she said Ron is n't coming to the bath today , he 's got a bad throat , and I never thought to say , how is his throat this |
| 2 | A domestic model is designed for around half an hour 's use a day . |
| 3 | Bake for about half an hour . |
| 4 | The 19-stone prop , cleared by the French RU Federation , went on as a second half replacement and played for almost half an hour . |
| 5 | Do you find that when you 're sitting down on a hard floor and you stand up yeah and your arse hurts for about half an hour ? |
| 6 | The line was closed for about half an hour while firemen dealt with the blaze . |
| 7 | In the mornings we were let off the chains , four of us in pairs and then the fifth and last man on his own , to use the bathroom and to exercise for maybe half an hour . |
| 8 | He prayed for about half an hour . |
| 9 | He was then able to sleep for about half an hour before being taken to theatre . |
| 10 | The microlight had been flying for nearly half an hour when it crashed into a field . |
| 11 | They sat in the kitchen and talked for nearly half an hour . |
| 12 | ‘ I remember crying for about half an hour , ’ says Matthew , now 20 and working as a bank teller in Kew . |
| 13 | been running for about half an hour or so , you know when you come to a junction flicking on and off . |
| 14 | Guido disappeared for nearly half an hour . |
| 15 | The two plainclothes men disappeared for about half an hour in their Ford Escort and returned from the other end of the street . |
| 16 | The incident happened on the Osmotherley to Thimbleby road which was blocked for about half an hour . |
| 17 | He was gone for about half an hour and I do n't think any of us even suspected that there was something amiss . |
| 18 | And this smell lasted for about half an hour and then , then I could n't smell it again . |
| 19 | ‘ You slept for about half an hour , ’ he told her . |
| 20 | There they stayed for nearly half an hour . |