Example sentences of "[prep] [art] past [det] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't noticed Reg writing much for the past few minutes , though . |
| 2 | For the past few minutes she had not really been paying much attention to the direction and she looked round worriedly . |
| 3 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |
| 4 | While she stood staring at it , breathing heavily and conscious that if anyone had made a fool of herself during the past few minutes it was Melissa Craig , the phone began to ring again . |
| 5 | She must be losing her marbles , because she 'd absolutely no recollection of what had been happening during the past few minutes … ! |
| 6 | As the Minister who represents the area containing Wandsworth prison , may I suggest to the Minister that if the exchanges of the past few minutes were conveyed to BBC television 's ’ Yes Minister ’ they might indeed help to revive the Government 's fortunes ? |
| 7 | The extraordinary thing about the tenor of the right hon. Gentleman 's speech in the past few minutes is that once again he seeks to make out that this is not a very important problem and that we can push it away . |
| 8 | She had n't been keeping track of the conversation , but he seemed to have pulled himself together over the past few minutes . |