Example sentences of "[adj] minutes the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few agonizing minutes the camera holds on her face as she experiences — she hardly seems to be enjoying — sexual attentions out of the range of the camera . |
| 2 | After 30 minutes the amount of PABA was determined with an assay system for urinary PABA . |
| 3 | After a few minutes the water will change colour . |
| 4 | Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess . |
| 5 | In those few minutes the colour had drained out of them and they had wilted in the glass like faded tissue paper . |
| 6 | But just a few minutes the vicar arrived , and despite the Church 's apology insisted the crosses would have to go . |
| 7 | For a few minutes the prisoner enjoyed the game , but then she suddenly felt wet and sat up . |
| 8 | And after just a few minutes the cold was starting to get through . |
| 9 | After the first few minutes the child is not going to learn any more from the experience and will either fall asleep , start to play , or get up to mischief in the room . |
| 10 | Within a few minutes the basket was more than half full of food , and Mary was pouring the soup into the thermos . |
| 11 | After a few minutes the noise began to subside . |
| 12 | For a few minutes the sun glimmered through the mist to my right , a red ball just risen above the mountain . |
| 13 | Unless the heart starts beating again within a few minutes the person will die , and in fifty per cent of all fatal heart attacks the victim dies within thirty minutes . |
| 14 | My Lords in a few minutes the House will have to vote on this issue . |
| 15 | It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working . |
| 16 | Every few minutes the cock tests the temperature of the mound : if it falls below 33 degrees Celsius he adds more compost , while if it rises above 33 degrees he makes a vent in the mound to cool the eggs . |
| 17 | Within a few minutes the atmosphere in the bay was normal , and Ace was jetting towards the shuttle 's cabin door . |
| 18 | Within a few minutes the picture was effervescing as part of it had been painted on gesso . |
| 19 | After a further rest period of 10 minutes the balloon was inflated with water at a constant rate of 50 ml/minute using a peristaltic pump ( Minipuls 3 , Gilson 312 , Villiers Le Bel , France ) ( ramp inflation ) . |
| 20 | I had five shots of local anaesthetic , and after about 10 minutes the surgeon pulled out this wriggling black larva and everyone burst into applause , but the photographer said , ‘ Oh , I missed that , can you put it back in so I can take a shot ? ’ |
| 21 | In the dying minutes the computer men rallied to net two in succession and CMS found themselves fighting to hold the one goal difference . |
| 22 | On the tape which last about three minutes the man speaking in a brisk matter of fact manner is heard giving instructions to Kevin Watts Stephanie 's boss at Shipways Estate Agency in Birmingham on where and when to deliver the ransom cash . |
| 23 | At the end of 90 minutes the score still stood at 1–1 and the game went into extra time . |
| 24 | More than 12 vans and cars were stopped during the 35 minutes the road block was in position . |
| 25 | IG Index , bookmakers to the City , now run a book on how many minutes the Chancellor will take . |
| 26 | After two noisy minutes the German fell silent . |
| 27 | If Dreadnought went on sinking at the present rate , in ten minutes the hole would n't be above the waterline , but below . |
| 28 | For ten minutes the school erupted with the dazzling success of it . |
| 29 | And for the second time in ten minutes the man showered . |
| 30 | We took off at daybreak , but after ten minutes the engine was running rough , shaking the whole aircraft . |