Example sentences of "[coord] in [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went upstairs with his wife , and in two minutes they were asleep . |
| 2 | Our excitement would rise ; soon we knew the names ; on the left the Lawley and Caradoc , on the right the Longmynd , and in two minutes we would be drawing up at the nerve centre Church Stretton . |
| 3 | Now that 's , that 's a very interesting for a homeward bound commuter , you know , getting into the tube and you grab one of these papers and you read it and in fifteen minutes you get to Oakland fifty minutes , why turn on the news ? |
| 4 | He says burning was an easy way of getting rid of straw — it meant that after harvest , providing you followed the rules , all you did was put a match to it and in 10 minutes your field was burned . |
| 5 | An easy cart track heads north and in five minutes arrives at Dry Laithe Cave , commonly known as Calf Holes , where a stream coming down on the right disappears in a rash of rocks and passes into a cave under the track . |
| 6 | Mr. Crowther had his offices in an old house farther down the High Street on the other side , and in five minutes he and Sara and Matthew had walked down and were standing outside the big black door of Moorlake House . |
| 7 | And in 73 minutes of an uninspiring game at Stamford Bridge , Sharpe showed why United , despite a poor display , are more viable contenders for the title than London 's leading candidates . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll kill you now , ’ Woolley said flatly , ‘ and stick your fat body in my plane , and in ten minutes I 'll throw you out behind the German lines , unless you get me my booze and my scarves . ’ |
| 9 | And in ten minutes if they ai n't down here , I 'm going back up there ! |
| 10 | She closed her eyes and in three minutes she was asleep . |
| 11 | You can appreciate now that he was unconscious , but in those minutes it looked more terminal . |