Example sentences of "[been] [adj] for hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | I promptly eased it back onto the lap and desperately tried to imitate someone who has been asleep for hours , with his arm wrapped fiercely round his dog . |
| 2 | He must have been asleep for hours . |
| 3 | When he awoke he could not tell if he had fainted or had been asleep for hours or even days . |
| 4 | It had been dark for hours . |
| 5 | I must have been unconscious for hours . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's been dead for hours , ’ he commented . |
| 7 | He must have been dead for hours . ’ |