Example sentences of "for a few minutes [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Add the rice and saffron and sauté for a few minutes with the onion until opaque . |
| 2 | The 5 sins were such things as letting his Bible fall by accident , jumping about for a few minutes on the sabbath , forgetting that it was Sunday , and hesitating to lend his sister a book which she asked him for . ' |
| 3 | She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . |
| 4 | Early one pre-Sale morning a stranger silently passed two sorters working in the vestibule , went for a few minutes into the Church , which happened at eh time to be empty of all nut noods , and then said to them as he walked out ‘ You 've made that Church live . ’ |
| 5 | Georgina chatted for a few minutes about the qualities she considered desirable in a secretary ; she even asked Celia 's opinion . |