Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [num] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Could you spare me five minutes before the lectures start ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Surely you can spare me ten minutes — say a quarter of an hour ? ’ |
| 3 | But , in changing direction , the hurricane had given them ten minutes of further respite . |
| 4 | At 11.30 on saturday night ward staff discovered he was missing — they began a search and found him fifteen minutes later . |
| 5 | Sunil found him ten minutes ago . |
| 6 | Biasion 's puncture cost him two minutes and he ended the day two minutes and six seconds behind Fiorio . |
| 7 | It cost him three minutes and he fell back to 14th overall , but drove magnificently to recover much of the deficit and climb back to eighth by the end of the day , sharing two stage victories with McRae . |
| 8 | He reached Haslemere in early afternoon , hired a taxi and discharged it fifteen minutes later on the other side of the road from the Skein of Geese Hotel and Restaurant a few miles south-east of the town . |
| 9 | we could happily give them fifteen minutes that would take up forty five minutes |
| 10 | You could give them two minutes to check with their neighbours what they think has happened . |
| 11 | I 'll give them three minutes . |
| 12 | Phillips said : ‘ The bench told me two minutes , the referee seven minutes . |
| 13 | And I 'd only done them ten minutes before |
| 14 | ‘ Then before you do , will you give me five minutes of your time ? ’ |
| 15 | How can you , when you 've only met them five minutes ago ? |
| 16 | We 'd say : ‘ Bugger off — we 'll give you five minutes . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll give you five minutes , ’ he said wearily . |
| 18 | Some screws were more lenient than others and you learned when you saw who came round to wake you up how much you had to hurry — whether it was one who 'd put you on report if you were one minute late or if they would give you five minutes ' grace . |
| 19 | I 'll give you five minutes breath of fresh air , alright ? |
| 20 | Yeah okay well I 'll I 'll try and give you five minutes before eleven o'clock so er so you can nip over to the video room or wherever it 's being played . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll give you fifteen minutes ; then I 'm coming back in , ’ he said , putting his head round the door just as she threw back the covers . |
| 22 | I 'll give you fifteen minutes . ’ |
| 23 | Again , some feedback on the flip chart erm let's give you fifteen minutes for that so it 's coming up to five past twenty past |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll give you two minutes . ’ |
| 25 | I 'll give you twenty minutes to get ready . ’ |
| 26 | You 've got I 'll give you twenty minutes and it 's got ta be ready to be handed over to the other group in twenty minutes time . |
| 27 | Perhaps four or five minutes , though it certainly seemed more ; Moxie guessed ten minutes , and Gildas later told her that Ludens told him fifteen minutes . |
| 28 | bash it five minutes down the road , bang bang |
| 29 | Let me , give it two minutes in the microwave . |
| 30 | I 'll give it ten minutes more , he thought , then I 'll push off home . |