Example sentences of "be [adj] for [num] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , I think it 's always been time-tabled for two hours though |
| 2 | All too often , we are called to see foals which have been ill for 24 hours or more and by that stage they can be very sick indeed . |
| 3 | By the first Friday , I had either worked , or been on-call for thirty hours , and I was beginning to wonder why anyone wanted to become a doctor , for I was extremely tired , and nothing of any real interest had yet happened . |
| 4 | I had been married for seven hours . |
| 5 | We feel it 's bound eventually to be open for 24 hours . ’ |
| 6 | Bernard Pitcock and Ruth Patterson were sick for five hours after the prank by Angela Brown , Newcastle Crown Court heard . |
| 7 | In health terms , the car is responsible for 820 hours of life lost through a road traffic accident fatality , and 2,800 hours of life damaged by a road accident . |
| 8 | That 's why I 've been quiet for two hours |
| 9 | ‘ We took Bobby straight there but it was touch-and-go for two hours . |
| 10 | I was unconscious for five hours , and suffered concussion and fractures . |
| 11 | For the second period at Hinchinbrook , from May nineteen eighty eight to May nineteen eighty nine again at least one parent was present for eight hours each day and assistance was given with physiotherapy , occupational therapy and speech therapy . |