1. Pleasant hours fly past.

2. In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden. 

3. Pleasant hours fly fast.

4. The lamp in the window shone away for hours.

5. They have chewed away two hours.

6. The baby babbled on for hours.

7. She remained unconscious for several hours.

8. Take vigorous exercise for several hours a week.

9. The bad weather detained us for several hours.

10. She droned away for hours about her pet subjects.

11. They have cackled on for hours.

12. I had endless hours to knit and sew.

13. I resented having to work such long hours.

14. The varnish takes a few hours to harden.

15. The bonfire blazed away for hours.

16. He sat there for hours on end.

17. I work eight hours a day.

18. Don't lounge away your working hours.

19. Hours passed and the evening is drawing in.

20. The satellite orbits the Earth every 48 hours.

21. It should take two hours tops.

22. The length of the movie is two hours.

23. Two hours later he lowered his colours.

24. I have waited for three hours.

25. We agonized for hours about which wallpaper to buy.

26. Our local shop has very convenient opening hours.

27. The hours wore on,[/hours.html]the representatives became more anxious.

28. The connection of our telephone took hours.

29. He has been digging away for hours.

30. I killed two hours watching TV.

1. They have chewed away two hours.

2. She droned away for hours about her pet subjects.

3. The bonfire blazed away for hours.

4. Don't lounge away your working hours.

5. Two hours later he lowered his colours.

6. I have waited for three hours.

7. The hours wore on,the representatives became more anxious.

8. He has been digging away for hours.

9. Working hours must not exceed 42 hours a week.

10. He spent hours bargaining for the valuable watch.

11. We're four hours ahead of New York .

12. I managed to work for two hours without interruption.

13. They have been drinking away for hours.

14. They were trapped in the cave for nineteen hours.

15. They often bargain away in the shops for hours.

16. The solution to the problem required many hours.

17. Marinate the chicken for at least 4 hours.

18. She only sleeps for four hours a night.

19. Repeat the dose after 12 hours if necessary.

20. They sometimes argue off for hours.

21. We promise to deliver within 48 hours.

22. Doctors often work very long hours.

23. The journey normally takes about two hours.

24. Flights should be confirmed 48 hours before departure.

25. Our business hours begin at eleven.

26. The police interrogated the suspect for several hours.

27. The barn has been burning for two hours.

28. She kept the children amused for hours.

29. Pour the marinade over the beef and leave it for 24 hours.

30. The fire burned for eight hours before the fire crews could subdue it.

31. It took nearly two hours to get here.

32. The descent of the mountain took nearly two hours.

33. Working hours must not exceed 42 hours a week.

34. We worked for hours without respite.

35. He spent hours bargaining for the valuable watch.

36. That baby has been bawling for hours.

37. He repented just hours before he died.

38. We spent a most agreeable couple of hours.

39. We're four hours ahead of New York .

40. He slept solidly for ten hours.

41. The game/speech/discussion ran on for hours.

42. I managed to work for two hours without interruption.

43. They have been drinking away for hours.

44. Part-time barman required. Hours and salary negotiable.

45. A normal working week is 40 hours.

46. Those girls have jabbered along for hours.

47. He spent hours in the saddle.

48. For five hours,[http:///hours.html] the women were gang-raped.

49. They were trapped in the cave for nineteen hours.

50. We are prohibited from drinking alcohol during working hours.

51. The interview will last about two hours.

52. Firefighters were damping down the embers hours later.

53. I can skive off for a few hours.

54. She talked on for two hours without stopping.

55. The bombardment continued for a terrible nine hours.

56. That clock ran down hours ago.

57. They often bargain away in the shops for hours.

58. They kept us in suspense for over two hours.

59. A jigsaw puzzle can keep me absorbed for hours.

60. He used to work fourteen hours a day.

31. Their research shows that the average individual watches around three and a half hours of television per day.

32. They were arrested in the small hours of Saturday morning.

33. Try and allot 2 or 3 hours a day to revision.

34. The water was turned off for several hours each day during the drought.

35. He's in Melanie's bad books because he arrived 2 hours late.

36. A fast train does the journey to London in three hours.

37. They tried for hours to get her to come down from the roof, but it was no go.

38. My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends.

39. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours.

40. She did/ran her first marathon in just under three hours.

41. They were often compelled to work eleven or twelve hours a day.

42. We lie in the sunshine for hours, getting a tan.

43. You have to file away for hours to get this metal smooth.

44. The national breakdown organizations are on hand to help motorists 24 hours a day.

45. I obtained a visa after hours of waiting at the embassy.

46. I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems.

47. Cook gently in a covered pot for 3 to 4 hours.

48. You must balance the high salary against the long working hours.

49. It took two hours to put out the fire .

50. The women in the market often bargain away for hours.

51. The game ended a few hours too early, leaving players and spectators unsatisfied.

52. Do not undertake strenuous exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest.

53. Aim to arrive at check-in at least two hours before departure.

54. It will take about 24 hours for the glue to harden.

55. By sighing away for hours, she hoped to attract her family's attention to her suffering.

56. She made like she was about to leave, but then stayed for hours.

57. Many hours of meticulous preparation have gone into writing the book.

58. She will have to have a heart-lung transplant within 48 hours.

59. She spends several hours a week on the psychiatrist's couch.

60. We work long hours both outside and inside the home and we rush around trying to fit everything in.

61. The baby was only a few hours old.

62. The solution to the problem required many hours.

63. When he's depressed he sits brooding for hours.

64. He ploughed an acre in six hours.

65. Marinate the chicken for at least 4 hours.

66. She only sleeps for four hours a night.

67. Repeat the dose after 12 hours if necessary.

68. It took hours to get the house straight.

69. After hours of questioning, the suspect confessed.

70. They sometimes argue off for hours.

71. Those cats have been screaming for hours.

72. We are open during normal office hours.

73. The film starts at 7.30 and lasts two hours.

74. We promise to deliver within 48 hours.

74. try its best to gather and create good sentences.

75. They spent hours haggling over the price.

76. We searched for hours, but couldn't find the book.

77. Garcia ran the marathon in just under three hours.

78. Doctors often work very long hours.

79. It takes about five hours by road .

80. The journey normally takes about two hours.

81. The hours of those two exams conflict.

82. Flights should be confirmed 48 hours before departure.

83. Our business hours begin at eleven.

84. He hammered away at his speech for 3 hours.

85. A medium dose produces severe nausea within hours.

86. The police interrogated the suspect for several hours.

87. He completed the flight in 2 hours.

88. He sat for hours just gazing into space.

89. I slept for eight solid hours.

90. The barn has been burning for two hours.

61. It may take several hours to figure up these expenses.

62. The baby was born with a heart problem and only survived for a few hours.

63. For three hours a committee of state senators listened to a parade of local residents giving their opinions.

64. People can go out to work in the daylight hours and then come to night school in the evening.

65. The mixture of flour, water and yeast is then left in a warm place for four hours.

66. I spent 2 hours hammering up the announcement on the wall.

91. The meat needs to stew for several hours.

92. The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.

93. She kept the children amused for hours.

94. He was sentenced to 140 hours community service.

95. Their forces capitulated five hours after the Allied bombardment of the city began.

96. New Year time is here. I hope you have a wonderful New Year. May every day hold happy hours for you.

97. They wore the standard uniform of the well-to-do American out of office hours.

98. The members of the town coucil disputed for hours about whether to build a new museum.

99. They work long hours in order to take home a fat wage packet.

100. The patient's condition has deteriorated over the last few hours.

101. How many hours of daylight do we have in a day?

102. They have been kissing away in that room for hours!

103. Pour the marinade over the beef and leave it for 24 hours.

104. The fire burned for eight hours before the fire crews could subdue it.

104. try its best to gather and create good sentences.

105. Arguing about details consumed many hours of the committee's valuable time.

106. He could amuse us for hours with his stories of the theater.

107. There is an express service from Paris which completes the journey to Bordeaux in under 4 hours.

108. They had been dueling for hours and finally called a draw.

109. We need an experienced player who can fiddle away for hours for the country dancing.

110. Their research shows that the average individual watches around three and a half hours of television per day.

111. When she found that the baby still had a high temperature after twelve hours(), the young mother decided to go for a doctor.

112. Their working day can last anything up to 15 hours.

113. They were arrested in the small hours of Saturday morning.

114. Try and allot 2 or 3 hours a day to revision.

115. The European Union has proposed new regulations to control the hours worked by its employees.

116. After two hours of running, the horse was panting for water.

117. The water was turned off for several hours each day during the drought.

118. It was claimed that some doctors were working 80 hours a week.

119. He's in Melanie's bad books because he arrived 2 hours late.

120. A fast train does the journey to London in three hours.

121. They tried for hours to get her to come down from the roof, but it was no go.

122. Baker issued his surprise announcement in Paris after two hours of talks.

123. After three hours of intermittent rain, the game was abandoned.

124. My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends.

125. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours.

126. Try to pacify the child, he's been crying for hours.

127. She did/ran her first marathon in just under three hours.

128. Passengers are requested to check in two hours before the flight.

129. They were often compelled to work eleven or twelve hours a day.

130. Several embassy staff were declared persona non grata and asked to leave the country within 48 hours.

131. David lost consciousness at eight o'clock and died a few hours later.

132. Our headmaster rattled on for at least two hours at the opening ceremony.

133. We lie in the sunshine for hours, getting a tan.

134. The hours of the job are incompatible with family life.

134. try its best to gather and create good sentences.

135. What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.

136. The union is in dispute with management over working hours.

137. Once he knew where we were, Lewis telegraphed every few hours.

138. After hours of questioning, the prisoner coughed up and admitted that he had stolen the jewels.

139. "Work fascinates me." I can look at it for hours!

140. He used to roam the streets for hours on end.

141. We took four trains, and the overall duration of the journey was 72 hours.

142. You have to file away for hours to get this metal smooth.

143. The corporation has decided that no heavy-duty trucks are permitted to pass through the centre of the city during rush hours.

144. The national breakdown organizations are on hand to help motorists 24 hours a day.

145. I was woken up in the early hours by a bird twittering just outside my window.

146. I obtained a visa after hours of waiting at the embassy.

147. We only had a couple of hours to set up before the exhibition opened.

148. The effects of the drug naturally wear off within a few hours.

149. Stew the pears in red wine for a couple of hours.

150. I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems.

151. The committee studied the minutiae of the report for hours.

152. Cook gently in a covered pot for 3 to 4 hours.

153. We once got stuck in a blizzard for six hours.

154. We were locked in traffic for over two hours on the way home.

155. A desperate tiredness set in after hours of anxious waiting.

156. It was six hours before the seamen were discovered missing.

157. He had filibustered for 23 hours without leaving the Senate floor.

158. It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours.

159. One and a half hours is / are allowed for the exam.

160. After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession.

161. The police subjected him to an inquisition that lasted 12 hours.

162. Hours of feverish activity lay ahead. The tents had to be erected, the stalls set up.

163. You must balance the high salary against the long working hours.

164. It took two hours to put out the fire .

164. try its best to gather and create good sentences.

165. At three hours and 21 minutes, it is an over-long, standard Hollywood epic.

166. The women in the market often bargain away for hours.

167. Having to wait hours came high on the list of complaints.

168. We've argued this point for nearly two hours and we're just going round in circles.

169. The game ended a few hours too early, leaving players and spectators unsatisfied.

170. I spent hours doing that calculation and I still got the answer wrong.

171. Do not undertake strenuous exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest.

172. Most people now enjoy shorter working hours and more leisure time .

173. I have been stooging about at 25 000 feet for 3 hours or so.

174. It took the firefighters several hours to extinguish the flames.

175. He remained unmoved after I had talked with him for hours.

176. Aim to arrive at check-in at least two hours before departure.

177. We put our watches forward eight hours before landing in Tokyo.

178. They were spotted after three hours adrift in a dinghy.

179. After a few hours of fierce fighting, we saw the intruding bandits off.

180. It will take about 24 hours for the glue to harden.

181. You'll have to be quick. The flight leaves in about three hours.

182. He spent two hours tying all the parcels with string.

183. To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay.

184. By sighing away for hours, she hoped to attract her family's attention to her suffering.

185. Trying to get the silverwarecleanwe have to exert ourselves to rub away for hours.

186. She made like she was about to leave, but then stayed for hours.

187. They have been working away for more than ten hours in the workshop.

188. Many hours of meticulous preparation have gone into writing the book.

189. Our business hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

190. After three hours of waiting for the train, our patience was finally exhausted.

191. She will have to have a heart-lung transplant within 48 hours.

192. We should have the test results back within 24 hours.

193. See if you can rework your schedule and come up with practical ways to reduce the number of hours you're on call.

194. The normal teaching load of a full professor is eight hours a week.

194. Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress every day!

195. We've driven a/one hundred miles in the last two hours.

196. Power lines were blown down and we had a blackout of several hours.

197. They bummed around for a couple of hours after work.

198. The tickets for the concert were snapped up within three hours of going on sale.

199. The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours.

200. They let the crowd throught the entrances 2 hours before the football match started.

201. His workday starts at 3.30 a.m. and lasts 12 hours.

202. She spends several hours a week on the psychiatrist's couch.

203. It'll take about three hours if everything goes smoothly .

204. The committee fought the matter out for hours(), and still could not agree.

205. If there is a delay of 12 hours or more, you will receive a full refund of the price of your trip.

206. We work long hours both outside and inside the home and we rush around trying to fit everything in.

207. The Earth turns on its axis once every 24 hours.

208. We did six or eight hours in the saddle every day.

209. We sold out of the T-shirts in the first couple of hours.

210. It may take several hours to figure up these expenses.

211. Miss Bennett whiled away the hours playing old films on her video-recorder.

212. Australia was a mere couple of hours away by jet.

213. My heart is not open 24 hours, not the restaurant at any time, welcome to.

214. The meeting was scheduled for two hours, but it is now over yet.

215. The baby was born with a heart problem and only survived for a few hours.

216. She spends hours on the phone chatting to her friends.

217. After several hours of aimless searching they were getting low on fuel.

218. Christmas time is here. I hope you have a wonderful New Year. May every day hold happy hours for you.

219. The machine can operate for 15 hours continuously at full power.

220. Though she had spent hours fixing the computer he belittled her efforts.

221. She would be able to stretch out her cramped limbs and rest for a few hours.

222. Some of the fans had waited 24 hours outside the Hyde Park Hotel to catch a glimpse of their heroine.

223. For three hours a committee of state senators listened to a parade of local residents giving their opinions.

224. People can go out to work in the daylight hours and then come to night school in the evening.

225. He works long hours to the detriment of his health.

226. Mary served behind the counter at Bacon's for a few hours a week.

227. The mixture of flour, water and yeast is then left in a warm place for four hours.

228. Firefighters took two hours to release the driver from the wreckage.

229. The average working week in Japan is 42.3 hours, compared with 41.6 in the UK, so they are not too badly off.

230. It took hours to extricate the car from the sand.

231. It seems quite absurd to expect anyone to drive for 3 hours just for a 20 minute meeting.

232. The police finally extracted the information after hours of questioning.

233. You have lectured for 2 hours. You need a rest.

234. I spent 2 hours hammering up the announcement on the wall.

235. The snow fell non-stop for 24 hours.

236. The minority nationality concert lasted two hours.

237. You can telephone your order 24 hours a day.

238. A radioactive plume could reach the city within hours.

239. Marinate the veal in white wine for two hours.

240. The miners work 38 hours per week.

241. They spent hours around the negotiating table.

242. Leave the concrete to set for a few hours.

243. She finally drifted in two hours after everyone else.

244. The storm blew over after a couple of hours.

245. It rained for two hours solid this afternoon.

246. The first missile was launched at 2300 hours .

247. That composition was knocked off in about two hours after dinner one evening.

248. He blathered on for hours about at this morning's meeting.

249. It took them 3 hours to wrestle the heavy rock into place.

250. Sometimes I sit for hours and never get a bite .

251. Professor Lee's office hours are from 2 to 4 on Mondays and Thursdays.

252. It took the firemen nearly two hours to put the blaze out.

253. It took a couple of hours for the two-mile tailback to clear.

254. Don't be browbeaten into working more hours than you want.

255. The teacher demands that students should turn in their test papers within two hours.

256. The station was closed for two hours because of a security alert.

257. He didn't fancy spending hours in the restaurant,[sentence dictionary] surrounded by hovering waiters.

258. The new faster trains can do the journey inside two hours.

259. We sat there for hours talking about everything under the sun.

260. Long hours and tough working conditions are often par for the course in catering.

261. They threw up a new cabin in a couple of hours.

262. I lay awake through the wee small hours, waiting for the signal.

263. He left two hours ago, so he ought to be there by now.

264. The film's 129 minutes were edited down from 150 hours of footage.

265. Carl sits at a computer terminal 40 hours a week.

266. It was sheer hell having to sit through hours of boring lectures!

267. Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. William Shakespeare 

268. Even one day lost in misery is a great loss, for the day will never come back again. You lose 24 hours of happiness, joy & bliss. Live each day in happiness. RVM 

269. The good people sleep much better at night than the bad people. Of course, the bad people enjoy the waking hours much more. Woody Allen 

270. Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep. Charles M. Schulz 

271. I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau 

272. Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow. Denis Waitley 

273. Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. John Dryden 

274. For those who love what they do, even working 18 hours a day, 7 days a week is not work at all. It is just a fun. RVM 

275. Last night I didn’t sleep for a solid eight hours. No, it melted a little. Damn global warming. Jarod Kintz 

276. Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last. Alfred Tennyson 

277. My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too. Gene Perret 

278. I asked the waiter, "Is this milk fresh?" He said, "Lady,[http:///hours.html] three hours ago it was grass.". Phyllis Diller 

279. Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 

280. Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours. Dale Carnegie 

281. I think crime pays. The hours are good, you travel a lot. Woody Allen 

282. Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves. Lord Chesterfield 

283. For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work. Doug Larson 

284. A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair. Steve Martin