Example sentences of "[verb] for a minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for a minute before adding the cooked onion , extra oil and chopped olives . |
| 2 | ‘ Ca n't think of anywhere myself , let me think for a minute . |
| 3 | Do n't think for a minute I 'm jealous . |
| 4 | Naturally I did n't think for a minute that my life and spirit could stimulate her . |
| 5 | I do n't think for a minute that I can work them out in movies . |
| 6 | I do n't think for a minute we 'll have to . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't think for a minute that if we ever met again you would so bitterly slap it back in my face with no regard for my feelings . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 9 | Right , well let's just think for a minute exactly what you just said , can you repeat to me roughly what you 've just said ? |
| 10 | Breathless , she straightened up and said fiercely , ‘ You can only stay for a minute and then you must promise to go . ’ |
| 11 | See basically if a customer objects , you 're about to cover the , the fact that if the customer objects , say come back to canvassing for a minute , you get somebody , you phone somebody up and they say , urgh , urgh , and they just mumble away and they listen to you and they do n't listen to you , right , it 's a waste of bloody time , but if they talk to you and they give you objections and you deal with these objections , right , they 're bound to buy |
| 12 | " Let her loose for a minute , will you ? " |
| 13 | Simmer for a minute or until the sauce has a creamy consistency . |
| 14 | Urged on by their riders with short metal-tipped bamboo rods , the elephants lowered themselves slowly to their knees , facing towards the throne , and remained kneeling for a minute or two , their trunks curling and swaying in front of them in time with the cacophonous music . |
| 15 | I do n't know for a minute wait a minute |
| 16 | Cook for a minute or two until it begins to set , then stir gently to lightly scramble . |
| 17 | Amundsen stopped for a minute , and looked at all the men slowly . |
| 18 | Johann stopped for a minute , but then he added , ‘ If they know I 've told you this , they 'll kill me . |
| 19 | He stopped for a minute . |
| 20 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 21 | ‘ She can damn well wait for a minute , ’ McLeish decided . |
| 22 | I do n't suppose your partner considered for a minute what heartache he might have left behind in Seville . |
| 23 | And now let us consider for a minute what we mean by Child Art , and what difference there is between child and adult forms of expression . |
| 24 | I thought you might be interested in listening for a minute . ’ |
| 25 | Sophie laughed as she picked up the instrument , then , after listening for a minute , she said , ‘ Oh , yes . |
| 26 | James Ross did not speak for a minute . |
| 27 | , can I just speak for a minute . |
| 28 | Stop for a minute you know . |
| 29 | No , I never pick up the phone , they do that , pick up one phone and speak for a minute , while that ones ringing they say hold on a minute , and pick up the other one . |
| 30 | Perhaps more revealingly , he is also consistently godlike on Radio 4 's Just A Minute programme , where participants have to talk for a minute without repetition or hesitation . |