11.   A talky coworker who will corner you at your desk for hours with stories about his vacation.

12.   You know you can spend hours with them one-to-one, you go through everything, you go through it over and over again.

13.   This is one debate, one small debate, hopefully put to bed within an hour with a decent result.

14.   Marc had dropped her off at her flat in the early hours with little more being said between them.

15.   Detectives experienced in interviewing and caring for children spent several hours with the girl yesterday.

16.   Dr Alderdice spent more than an hour with the Stormont Minister, along with party colleagues Eileen Bell and Seamus Close.

17.   We can get some sort of control reference by comparing figures for fatalities and serious injuries during commuting hours with those during weekend nights.

18.   The Cabinet meeting broke up after two-and-a-half hours with no sign of a solution to the public spending dilemma.

19.   I might add that Idris rang me up last night, I was on the telephone for about three quarters of an hour with him.