Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] 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 | ‘ Oi were a bit rahsh there , ’ he announced after a minute . |
| 16 | Miriam Durkin asked after a minute or two had passed . |
| 17 | I do n't know for a minute wait a minute |
| 18 | Cook for a minute or two until it begins to set , then stir gently to lightly scramble . |
| 19 | Amundsen stopped for a minute , and looked at all the men slowly . |
| 20 | Johann stopped for a minute , but then he added , ‘ If they know I 've told you this , they 'll kill me . |
| 21 | He stopped for a minute . |
| 22 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 23 | ‘ She can damn well wait for a minute , ’ McLeish decided . |
| 24 | I do n't suppose your partner considered for a minute what heartache he might have left behind in Seville . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Leicester 's injury crisis came at the double when defender Richard Smith was carried off a minute after the break — and another trainee Neil |
| 27 | She held on and held on , but her arms were getting tired and she knew that she would fall in a minute . |
| 28 | She needed it for the letter she was going to write in a minute to Nora . |
| 29 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm gon na sneeze in a minute . |