Some were unimpressed after they had stayed awake until the early hours especially for the fight.

She waited for hours and hours.

Some people clung to tree branches for several hours to avoid being washed away by the floodwaters.

First, for some individuals, working fewer hours reduces incomes enough to entitle them to a larger government subsidy for health insurance. Second, some employers are being incented to reduce the number of working hours for individual employees, because, above a specified number, Obamacare imposes a larger burden on them.

Meanwhile, my friends were working for five hours to haul some guy's bag around and get paid 10 bucks.

It spread like wildfire and some died within hours of developing symptoms.

In some cases the standard has been adopted with additional requirements such as the need for timber to be debarked or for exposure periods for methyl bromide fumigations to be 24 hours, not 20 hours as in the current (March 2002) standard.

They waited for him for hours.

And this is so powerful that, when they tweak their stats, when they say your crops wilt after eight hours, or after six hours, or after 24 hours, it changes the lifecycle of 70 million some people during the day.

The needs of parents who work long hours on some days are also taken into consideration.

I waited for five hours.

We ve been waiting for hours.

This afternoon I have English class for two hours and then two hours of Chinese.

She waited for you for two hours.

Alternatively, after an agreement with the employer, working hours may be reduced by two hours daily for the first 12 months and by one hour for 6 more months (previously, working hours could be reduced for 12 months only and by two hours per day).

Two hours to install one of our devices compared to six hours for the existing treatment.

Diesel driven generators provide 240 volt electric power for approximately four hours each evening and for two hours each morning.

They ended up sleeping for hours.

Bill kept on crying for hours.

The lecture lasted for two hours.

She usually sleeps for eight hours.

This boy slept for eight hours.

I only slept for three hours.

She was questioned for several hours.

I've been waiting for you for 5 hours.

Some fear that extending the workday will not produce more jobs because the resulting expansion of hours worked will reduce the capital labor ratio. This would lower the marginal productivity of hours worked sufficiently to offset the positive effects of increasing the number of hours per worker.

We waited for hours before help arrived.

I gazed at the sea for hours.

I have been studying for two hours.

I have been here for two hours.

I study for 3 hours every day.

He has been studying for two hours.

They talked over the plan for hours.

She will sometimes sit still for hours.

The storm didn't abate for several hours.

I've been walking for over four hours.

He s been asleep for ten hours now.

I watched TV for two hours yesterday.

I slept for eight hours last night.

They haven t slept for forty eight hours.

I slept for 11 hours last night.

Bavaria s government increased the workweek from 38.5 to 40 hours for older employees and to 42 hours for younger employees. When Daimler Chrysler increased work hours from 35 to 40 hours in its research and development center, the dam broke and other bargaining agreements fell into line.

One explanation for this gap is shorter working hours (or lower availability for work) for women (In 2002, employed men worked an average of 42 hours a week, compared to employed women, who worked 31 hours a week a 35 difference).

We disputed for hours about what to write.

It has been raining heavily for three hours.