21.   The physical privation of lying for hours on cold wood suited her mood.

22.   The preeminence assigned to last hours on earth gave a special significance to the final words of the dying.

23.   The Victorians spent countless hours on trains and passed many of them reading books.

24.   There are flights to Boston every hour on the hour.

25.   Two fine actors vanished before my appalled eyes within a couple of hours on Boxing Day.

26.   We had a couple of hours on shore .

27.   Worst hit were the Devon seaside towns of Sidmouth and Exmouth, which were cut off for several hours on Wednesday.

28.   He is a wonderful companion and we can talk for hours on end.

29.   He discoursed for several hours on French and English prose.

30.   Day trippers who come to spend a few hours on the island.