Example sentences of "[art] few minutes of " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , each hitch was only temporary — and the few minutes of unplanned stillness was welcomed by photographers . |
| 2 | She had heard dark mutterings about him but after a few minutes of talking with him she was ready to put it down to common envy . |
| 3 | Outside the wind grew even more savage and we cut short the one doomed attempt to raise the tent , retreating to the truck for a few minutes of poor slumber . |
| 4 | Ice fishing , I find , is as cold as anything I have ever tried in the Arctic , and after a few minutes of unproductive ass-freezing I pack it in . |
| 5 | Within a few minutes of galactosides being added to the medium , the genes are switched on , and enzymes appear . |
| 6 | If you do not like a coffee house you have lost only the price of a cup of coffee and a few minutes of your time . |
| 7 | Some are quite a major commitment , some a small but regular commitment , others no more than an hour or even a few minutes of your time . |
| 8 | The Ministers and the Court dignitaries were on the platform to make their farewells , which the Emperor had insisted be short and restrained , so that within a few minutes of his arrival he and his son were on board and the train left to cries of ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ |
| 9 | That reminds me : I asked whether he 'd heard anything within a few minutes of seeing young Hamnett , hoping he 'd say a shot , of course , which really would have been too good to be true . |
| 10 | Sometimes within just a few minutes of the arrival of leaf-eating creatures , the tannin content is up to levels which make not only the leaves under attack , but all the other leaves of the tree toxic or at least unpalatable . |
| 11 | To think a few minutes of thoughtless pleasure could end in this . |
| 12 | After a few minutes of stilted , low-voiced conversation , Gladys retreated to her room , and Meryl thankfully resumed her seat in the window . |
| 13 | Inspector Montgomery asks if you would be kind enough to step into the library when you 've finished your coffee , and give him a few minutes of your time . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm very sorry to bother you , ’ Jackson said smoothly , ‘ But I 'd like a few minutes of your time . |
| 15 | Within a few minutes of this treatment being given , he was able to button up his coat . |
| 16 | Eventually ( it would later be established it must have been within a few minutes of six-thirty ) the car slowed to a halt . |
| 17 | In strictly layman 's terms , the amount of additional engine-weight and fuel that any supersonic aircraft could get off the ground would give a few minutes of sub-orbital time , if that . |
| 18 | Drying time : wearable within the hour after drying in a warm room — if you do n't mind a few minutes of clamminess at the obvious places where the material is thicker such as the pockets and waistband . |
| 19 | I 've nothing against these two teams , but to be deprived of the euphoric English faces after only a few minutes of joy and achievement was an insult . |
| 20 | The Blessed Sacrament Chapel is in a small room just inside the Presbytery door and to it come over a hundred people who give an hour of their time a week to ‘ watch ’ but there are countless others who come in just for a minute or two and there find a few minutes of silence and prayer . |
| 21 | If we find him for you , I fancy we 'd value a few minutes of his time ourselves , if we find him … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ May I steal a few minutes of your time on this unique occasion and go back to November 22 , 1944 when nine Mosquitos from our Squadron were briefed to mark the U-Boat pens at Trondheim for 171 Lancasters . |
| 23 | It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister . |
| 24 | Within a few minutes of receiving this the King had written back regretting that lie was unable to alter his decision . |
| 25 | While she was doing this , within a few minutes of each other came Jasper , then Pat and Bert , then Roberta and Faye . |
| 26 | It 's probably best not to feed your fish for the first day or so as they settle in ( though some fish will feed within a few minutes of being stocked ) . |
| 27 | For example , a reaction to a particular food may occur within a few minutes of eating a food , or after a day or two . |
| 28 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 29 | After a few minutes of this he grew breathless with anger and rage and flurried his wings so much that he was hardly able to lift them any more he was so tired . |
| 30 | A few minutes of silent shuffling brought them to a junction . |