Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [det] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have even seen lecturers complete their lectures and leave the room while the students have had to sit for another few minutes taking down the last load from the blackboard ! |
| 2 | Finally add the courgette , cover , and cook for 2 more minutes . |
| 3 | After 4 more minutes blend in 140ml of double cream — you can use crème fraîche if you prefer . |
| 4 | Moderator it 's hard within the space of these few minutes to give a sense of the breadth of the Board 's work . |
| 5 | I was glad of these few minutes alone with Eric . |
| 6 | We waited for ten more minutes , and then we hurried on . |
| 7 | I read it in one twenty-minute sitting , howled like a baby for ten more minutes , then phoned the producer and practically begged her to give me the job . |
| 8 | The room seemed very quin as he closed the volume and selected another and made himself turn its unseen pages for ten more minutes . |
| 9 | His hands were careful and restrained , his mouth tender , and although only a very short while later , Cassie was to realize just how much self-control he had exerted at that moment of their first real physical contact , for those few minutes , she knew only that she was not afraid of him , nor even suspected that there was any need to be . |
| 10 | With so much to do and think about , she would have forgotten about Tom Russell altogether in another few minutes — she hoped . |
| 11 | In another few minutes , she and Simon would be arriving at the Sintra home of Margrida d'Arcos and she would be meeting Vitor again . |
| 12 | The eye-witness accounts of what happened in those few minutes naturally vary in many details , but one of the most reliable descriptions of the actual eruption of the cloud was that of Monsieur Roger Arnoux , a member of the Astronomical Society of France , who was observing from a vantage point well above and away from the town . |
| 13 | In those few minutes she 'd simply been reacting to the mood he 'd created so skilfully . |
| 14 | In those few minutes the colour had drained out of them and they had wilted in the glass like faded tissue paper . |
| 15 | In those few minutes , say the prosecution , back home with the baby , Corbett , in a flash of temper , had grabbed Danielle by the leg and smashed her against the bedroom wall . |
| 16 | For five more minutes they ploughed the sky . |
| 17 | He questioned her in more detail for several more minutes , asking about sleep , moods , energy levels and half a dozen other tiny things that revealed his deep concern for his sister . |
| 18 | The jeep continued to bounce and surge along the rutted , forlorn track that led , Robyn prayed , to the barn and to help , for several more minutes , while she gripped the wheel and perched on the edge of her seat , peering through the rain for any signs of civilisation . |
| 19 | will you sit down for two more minutes . |