Example sentences of "hour [coord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result just one Bq of Caesium-137 , contained in one litre of milk , will undergo a tiny explosion every second ; 60 explosions every minute , 3,600 explosions every hour or a total of three to seven million tiny atomic explosions in its stay in our bodies — any one of which can cause cell mutations which eventually lead to cancer or genetic damage . |
| 2 | It is here in the tiny , pumping heart of Europe 's ready-to-wear industry that hundreds of sans-papiers , immigrants without work permits , come to be taken on for errands that could last half an hour or a day . |
| 3 | It could last for an hour or a day or days , rising and falling . |
| 4 | The hurricane , the flood or the tsunami may do more in an hour or a day than the ordinary processes of nature have achieved in a thousand years . |
| 5 | This we did , for in about an hour and a quarter from the time of our beginning the ascent , we found ourselves on the top of this dreadful precipice , and in possession of some very uncommon plants … ’ |
| 6 | I had at my command a whole hour and a quarter , and I had my voice ; but the words … |
| 7 | Take hour and a quarter to get home . |
| 8 | ‘ About an hour and a quarter ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've just spent an hour and a quarter waiting for him not to be here . ’ |
| 10 | But he went out for three days , never for an hour and a quarter . |
| 11 | We waited for an hour and a quarter but then it got dark . |
| 12 | Her visit lasted just over an hour and a quarter , and she left holding a birthday card for Prince Harry that had been made by the refuge children . |
| 13 | A group of Militia from Yavas , who formed a choir that was well known throughout the Dubrovlag , sang for an hour and a quarter . |
| 14 | Bake in the centre of a very slow oven , gas no. 2 , 310°F. , for an hour and a quarter , until the shortbread is a very pale biscuit colour . |
| 15 | Marlon Brando , in The Godfather ( 1972 ) , amiably declined to have the patience for such five-hour make-ups : an hour and a quarter was his maximum , but then he was only ageing 20 or 25 years , not 90 . |
| 16 | Now we 've got a good long a session and hour and a quarter and tea afterwards . |
| 17 | When they came back an hour and a quarter later , the meal seemed scarcely begun . |
| 18 | We used to have an hour and a quarter fro lunch , half an hour for tea , and we used to er have to get the principal 's tea ready and in the midmorning they always had tea made of milk . |
| 19 | Took about an hour and a quarter to do but there you go . |
| 20 | He arrives in London by train in exactly ’ , Dr Mortimer looked at his watch , ‘ one hour and a quarter . ’ |
| 21 | He thought it a great feat that she had got in from the Point in an hour and a quarter . |
| 22 | ‘ In about an hour and a quarter , the coach should stop at a signpost about five miles from here . |
| 23 | The traffic along Western Avenue had been quiet , and it was only an hour and a quarter after leaving Oxford that Lewis was speaking to the Night Sister on the third floor of the hospital , a neat , competent-looking brunette who appeared rather more concerned about the unprecedented police interest in matters than in the medical condition of her most recent road-casualty , now lying behind a curtained bed in Harley Ward . |
| 24 | After just an hour and a quarter the band said goodnight , and after a good deal of clapping and foot stamping Harry came back to one last song on his own . |
| 25 | Journey time varies between around half an hour to an hour and a quarter . |
| 26 | There 's a little tiny bit to tinker with , but it 's not if we were to , we , we 're canvassing at pressed about altering the length of the lunchtime break to break it down from an hour and a half and an hour and a quarter to an hour and a quarter to an hour which is being we would save some money on not paying our |
| 27 | There 's a little tiny bit to tinker with , but it 's not if we were to , we , we 're canvassing at pressed about altering the length of the lunchtime break to break it down from an hour and a half and an hour and a quarter to an hour and a quarter to an hour which is being we would save some money on not paying our |
| 28 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
| 29 | Erm it took me an hour and a quarter . |
| 30 | That 's allowing a a good hour and a quarter . |