1.   After three or four hours at the word processor, Blume likes to climb into the kayak and drift away, alone with her thoughts.

2.   After three or four hours in the oven, the tomatoes ome tender, less watery and incredibly sweet.

3.   Casey estimates that he must spend on average three or four hours for each minute of music.

4.   He wrote in a very disciplined manner for three or four hours each day and had scant respect for academics who wrote little.

5.   If King wants four hours for a novella adaptation that could easily have been eased into two, so be it.

6.   I was weight-lifting three or four hours a day, running at night, doing sit-ups.

7.   Katy says they worked for three or four hours every Thursday, Friday and Saturday for two months.

8.   She writes for three or four hours most days between breakfast and lunch.

9.   Funding shortfalls mean many libraries open only for three or four hours in the morning.

10.   It took about four hours for them to get back on schedule after power was restored.