Example sentences of "the [noun sg] for a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside the wind grew even more savage and we cut short the one doomed attempt to raise the tent , retreating to the truck for a few minutes of poor slumber . |
| 2 | They sat in the car for a few minutes without speaking . |
| 3 | Leaving her mother-in-law in charge of the tea-stall for a few minutes , Elizabeth went back to the inn-yard with Tamar and the coachman . |
| 4 | She considered the question for a few minutes before she replied , ‘ Barbados takes a bit of getting used to , but its good points far outweigh the bad . |
| 5 | She stood in the foyer for a few minutes , jotting into her notebook the things he had told her . |
| 6 | The bark starts them all off and they howl at the moon for a few minutes . |
| 7 | The occasional guard braved the discomfort for a few minutes before retiring to the cool of the corridors . |
| 8 | So I lay in the dinghy for a few minutes , to recover myself , and think . |
| 9 | I went into my own bedroom and sat on the bed for a few minutes . |
| 10 | On an outcrop of rock , Kitty Dawson looked down on the valley for a few minutes . |
| 11 | The Prime Minister changed the subject for a few minutes and then agreed . |
| 12 | Erm , I understand that you are willing to answer questions from the floor for a few minutes . |
| 13 | But if there is someone else waiting with you , and you feel shy doing some of the more noticeable ones , disappear to the cloakroom for a few minutes and do them there . |
| 14 | The bathroom 's a bit chilly but once you 've put that heater on and shut the door for a few minutes it 's |
| 15 | The girl sat quietly in the sunshine for a few minutes . |
| 16 | She did n't mind talking to the doctor for a few minutes , if that was what he wanted . |
| 17 | Twice he fell for it , running half-dressed out of the room and instructing everyone to hold the show for a few minutes . |
| 18 | I remained at the roadside for a few minutes , sitting on the grass with my back to a low wall . |
| 19 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 20 | On the other , there could be two more or less independent processes occurring in parallel , such that there were transient changes in the electrical properties and responsiveness of one set of neurons which could ‘ code for ’ the memory for a few minutes before gradually fading away . |
| 21 | I was saying to myself where 's it gone , where 's it gone , and praying to God , praying to God , and my thoughts went to the family for a few minutes . |
| 22 | ‘ I did leave the party for a few minutes , it 's true . |
| 23 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |
| 24 | It 's a funny thing but every now and again she slips through here into the lounge and sits by the fire for a few minutes . |
| 25 | Simmer the sauce on the hob for a few minutes , then stir in the lemon rind and seasoning . |