Example sentences of "a few minutes at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Frankie had been dozing , he was too hungry to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 2 | Now , for just a few minutes at a time , focus on this image — and stir in desire . |
| 3 | TOWARDS the end of her life my mother was in hospital , a victim of Alzheimer 's Disease , a severe diabetic , unable to walk and increasingly unable to remain conscious for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 4 | These played for only a few minutes at a time . |
| 5 | But within a few days , all her mother 's youth and vigour were gone and the energetic , independent woman whose health and dependability she had taken for granted for so long had turned into a helpless invalid , unable to hold down the thinnest gruel , unable to sleep more than a few minutes at a time , unable even to answer the calls of nature on her own , so that she had to be lifted like a child onto the pot and lifted back into the jumble of stinking bedclothes . |
| 6 | A breathless , pervasive sense of heat possessed her body at every return of the memory and she was unable to remain settled and at ease in her seat for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 7 | He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries . |