Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [num] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put me in the oven and bake me for forty minutes . |
| 2 | It was not until Aunt Kit rang me up , three days later , and abused me for ten minutes between tearing bouts of coughing , saying that I had hurt ‘ poor Lil ’ quite unbearably , that he said I had been wrong to write it . |
| 3 | He watched them for two minutes , but they did not move . |
| 4 | The rumour is one of the caretakers was happily waving at them for 5 minutes before somebody told him they were n't real . |
| 5 | He had then thrown stones at them for fifteen minutes before ordering a kit inspection for the rest of us . |
| 6 | Then in late July I had my clubs stolen again I had left them for ten minutes at about 9.30pm and when I came back they were gone and it was at the time when I was about to play in two large junior competitions . |
| 7 | ‘ I realised I had been watching them for 15 minutes . |
| 8 | I speak with them for forty minutes and generally have my socks charmed from my feet , the spring put in my step and all semblance of a chill factor taken from this typical October evening . |
| 9 | Erm , he organised the coordinating , after a while she did actually stop them after five minutes and explain the time situation , er , the final objective were the constraints . |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't seen you for five minutes alone today , ’ I complained . |
| 11 | Ca n't I leave you for five minutes ? |
| 12 | alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was |
| 13 | This is mainly the fault of the shop assistants , all of whom climb mountains and will stand discussing Munros with you for 45 minutes , which makes it impossible to leave without buying something . |
| 14 | Always remember that most people form a basic opinion about you within two minutes of meeting you . |
| 15 | ‘ With you in two minutes . ’ |
| 16 | We 'll see you in five minutes . ’ |
| 17 | See you in five minutes then . ’ |
| 18 | I 'll see you in five minutes . ’ |
| 19 | See you in five minutes . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ See you in five minutes , then . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll collect you in thirty minutes . |
| 22 | I 'll take a shower and be with you in twenty minutes — I trust you 've had plenty of experience in this sort of thing ? ’ |
| 23 | Meet you in ten minutes . |
| 24 | See you in ten minutes , then . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Be with you in ten minutes . |
| 26 | I will send your first brother to you in ten minutes . ’ |
| 27 | The Cleveland Search and Rescue team , lead by local member Gary Finch , quickly located the remaining two and rescued them within 90 minutes . |
| 28 | Police in Peterborough , Cambs , traced them within 15 minutes and took the baby and the man to hospital . |
| 29 | I 've the head of the Board of Tourism coming to see me in five minutes . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Expect me in ten minutes . ’ |