Sentence examples for had for hours from inspiring English sources

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The explosions the first apparently caused by a hand grenade, the second by a suicide bomb erupted close to an armour-plated lorry on which Miss Bhutto had for hours been inching through a sea of elated supporters.

Like successfully scratching an itch you've had for hours or snuffing out a raging case of hiccups.

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They had waited for hours for an Istanbul contact, but he had not shown up.

We had worked for hours to make me (almost) perfect.

They had waited for hours.

They had tailgated for hours, waiting to see for themselves if this L.S.U.

Meanwhile, people at some distribution spots had waited for hours before being turned away empty-handed.

It wasn't just raining, it was lashing it down and had been for hours.

Though Dad was unresponsive, and had been for hours, he did squeeze her hand twice.

I had stood for hours in one position, knowing all of every lobe of every hall.

Fourteen of them will share the car, which they will have for 13 hours.

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