Example sentences of "[prep] [num] minutes ' " in BNC.
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1 | In 12 of the 16 cases , fresh tissue specimens were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen after 30 minutes ' incubation in gum sucrose for immunohistological studies . |
2 | Jason McCreadie and his mate Matthew Hanna , sweating profusely after 90 minutes ' non-stop dancing to the techno rhythms , pull up chairs and open their rucksack . |
3 | The hearty Sydneysider Whitney , 33 on Feb 24 , was called up after 80 minutes ' play , and never looked back after disposing of Srikkanth with his third ball : the remaining wickets tumbled as India 's batting fell apart . |
4 | Two of his partners protested promptly that the said Susy was fully deployed on their cases , and Peter Yeo settled down to reorganize the workload , emerging after ten minutes ' hard negotiation with more or less the conclusion he had wanted . |
5 | DI Russell was too amicable to take offence and , after ten minutes ' conversation and a drink , the three slipped into the easy amity of fellow professionals , exchanging grumbles and gossip . |
6 | She meant , after ten minutes ' solemn consideration , to write that she was extremely sorry , and entirely responsible for the change of plan , but she could not now sit for him . |
7 | After fifteen minutes ' work he had found nothing of interest . |
8 | At each visit blood pressure was recorded twice after five minutes ' lying down , a radial pulse being measured between readings , and blood pressure and radial pulse were recorded after two minutes ' standing . |
9 | ‘ That 's about all I can do here , ’ he grumbled , after twenty minutes ' work . |
10 | At each visit blood pressure was recorded twice after five minutes ' lying down , a radial pulse being measured between readings , and blood pressure and radial pulse were recorded after two minutes ' standing . |
11 | After 20 minutes ' rest baseline heart rate , QT interval , tremor amplitude , FEV 1 , and plasma potassium and creatine kinase myocardial isoenzyme concentrations were measured . |
12 | There is no outside view of any sort and the only time they leave the cell is for weekend visits from relatives , bi-daily showers or for 45 minutes ' daily exercise . |
13 | 2 passages will be dictated at each speed — one of 3 minutes and one of 2 minutes ' duration . |
14 | The readings were taken on the right arm of the seated subject after a minimum of 10 minutes ' rest . |
15 | duplicating VHS PAL copies from a 1″ master of 150 minutes ' duration , |
16 | So here I am extolling the worth of twenty minutes ' silent meditation as a means of renewing and refreshing your channels . |
17 | The foreman had naturally hit the roof over the loss of thirty minutes ' production , which would pull down his departmental output and efficiency target and had roundly reprimanded the shop steward for taking such unauthorised action without first bringing the alleged safety hazard to his attention , in line with normal company standard practice . |
18 | By the time Charlie and Tommy climbed through the ropes , Tommy had made it clear to his friend that he hoped to get away with three minutes ' shadow-boxing . |
19 | Each training session should begin with 5 minutes ' stretching , 5 minutes ' skipping and a 15-second circuit of the fitness determination routine ( see page 8 ) . |
20 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
21 | Indeed , an international survey of old people in Britain , Denmark , and the United States in the 1960s found over 40 per cent of them living within ten minutes ' journey of their children in all three countries . |
22 | We started house-hunting and found the perfect place on a new rural estate within ten minutes ' drive of the café . |
23 | Maybe he would n't be bringing the certificate today , but then again in ten minutes ' time Sampson could be on his way down to the police station with an open envelope . |
24 | They may reawaken memories of happier times-'my husband would have done that in five minutes ' . |
25 | She had been intending to go in five minutes ' time , when she had drunk her cup of weak tea . |
26 | In fifteen minutes ' time , she told herself sternly . |
27 | Mark : I ca n't say that to the same extent , but where I live at the moment I know a lot of people within five minutes ' walk and there are ten or fifteen gay people I know who live locally ; there are people I can visit without any great effort whatsoever , whom I 'm likely to meet in the shops . |
28 | It has two bedrooms , a kitchen , a bath and inside lavatory , and one living room , and is within five minutes ' walk of the shops . |
29 | The National Library of Scotland is within five minutes ' walk , and the Main Library of the University not much further . |
30 | That 's what we 'll be attempting to find out in twenty minutes ' time . |