Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] for [adj] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | Humans become unconscious after being submerged for 3 hours in water at 15°C ( 60°F ) . |
| 2 | AN ELDERLY woman died after being left for 11 hours on a hospital trolley , an inquest was told yesterday . |
| 3 | THREE 14-year-old Scouts were found yesterday after being trapped for 18 hours in torrential rain on a Lake District mountain . |
| 4 | Because of the division of labour , work soon became the perpetual repetition of a simple task , or the minding of a machine ; such work often had to be done for fourteen hours a day , six days a week , and there were no special provisions for the women and very young children who were considered especially suitable for work in the textile industries . |
| 5 | A verdict of guilty required the sentence to be delayed for twenty-four hours . |
| 6 | A five-lorry pile-up on the A66 at Penrith caused the major trans-Pennine route to be closed for six hours early yesterday . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not sure that the extra hours will bring in significant extra business , but staff will have to be paid for longer hours and security will become more of a problem . |
| 8 | Hundreds of protesters on Saturday had forced the legislative session to be suspended for three hours as they shouted down ARENA deputies and screamed for justice . |