Example sentences of "[verb] for [num] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mix to a smooth dough , knead for 10 minutes , the cover with a damp cloth and leave for 1 hour . |
| 2 | Turn onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until smooth . |
| 3 | Ca n't think for one minutes if for instance was interested in a deal with that he , that er that he would n't , only just to have flick his fingers and would crap themselves |
| 4 | And do you think for one minute they care a damn about you ? |
| 5 | Do you think for one minute that I want to live next door to a stinking curry eater or a mugging , drug-dealing , sweaty black rasta ? |
| 6 | You do n't think for one minute I 'm going to eat the filth I give to you ? |
| 7 | ‘ If we 'd listened to them do you think for one minute we 'd have got this far by now ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't think for one minute that he 'd made it there under his own steam , ’ Simone murmured , and André laughed smugly . |
| 9 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
| 10 | I do n't think for one minute that there are teachers who are drunk in charge of children in the classroom . |
| 11 | I mean you would n't you would n't think for one minute that Aunty Mary came from . |
| 12 | He had to wait for fifteen minutes before he was admitted to the Agency 's annexe . |
| 13 | After the concert she had to wait for four minutes before McCartney could rejoin her … while he accepted a standing ovation . |
| 14 | We only had to wait for five minutes for the first boooooom … and a second … and a third . |
| 15 | We are not allowed to know just yet , for the London Underground rule book tells drivers to wait for 30 minutes before making an announcement , unless they 've received a message to the contrary from their controllers or there is some ‘ immediate threat to safety . ’ |
| 16 | The film had to be stopped for seven minutes , during which one man shouted through a loud-hailer , ‘ We , the National Front , protest against this anti-British rubbish , especially at the time of El Alamein . ’ |
| 17 | This example plays for 3 minutes 10 seconds and weighs 2.2 kilograms . |
| 18 | Unlike the BBC radio stations , which are funded by the television licence fee , the independents depend almost entirely for their revenues on advertising , which they can broadcast for nine minutes in an hour . |
| 19 | Each dose was given for 30 minutes . |
| 20 | After I had queued for forty-five minutes some returns returned and we were in . |
| 21 | They threw a party in his honour in the old Hut by the Strathmore Arms , where the revels were halted for one minute 's silence in memory of George 's brother , Guardsman Sidney Fawcett . |
| 22 | Tubes were sealed and heated for three minutes at 100°C . |
| 23 | Equal amounts of cell membrane protein from normal and carcinoma tissue were boiled for five minutes in SDS sample buffer and analysed by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis acording to Laemmli with 7% resolving gels . |
| 24 | One portion of the homogenates was boiled for 10 minutes , centrifuged at 5000 g for 10 minutes and the supernatant stored at -20°C for the later determination of histamine . |
| 25 | These were placed into a microfuge tube with 50 µl of water and boiled for 5 minutes . |
| 26 | Reactions were incubated at 30°C for 10 minutes after which they were mixed with 10 µl 4 SDS sample buffer , boiled for 5 minutes and resolved by SDS-PAGE . |
| 27 | The rice could be boiled for 50–60 minutes , pasted and then suspended in solution , to which the salt would presumably be added . |
| 28 | The coded long term culture pellets were resuspended in 100 µl of TE ( 10 mM Tris ; 0.1 mM EDTA pH 8.8 ) then boiled for 20 minutes in 1.5 ml screw capped tubes to release microbial DNA . |
| 29 | DNA extraction — Sterile water ( 50 µl ) was added to each sample , which was then boiled for 30 minutes and a 3:2 ( vol:vol ) ratio of autoclaved 1 mm and 0.1 mm glass beads added to half fill each Eppendorf container ( Stratech Scientific , Luton ) . |
| 30 | Either : place the pears in the saucepan with the boiled wine mixture and simmer for 10–15 minutes , turning the pears carefully from time to time to ensure even colouring . |