Example sentences of "[vb base] for a minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for a minute before adding the cooked onion , extra oil and chopped olives . |
| 2 | Simmer for a minute or until the sauce has a creamy consistency . |
| 3 | Cook for a minute or two until it begins to set , then stir gently to lightly scramble . |
| 4 | Stop for a minute you know . |
| 5 | No , I never pick up the phone , they do that , pick up one phone and speak for a minute , while that ones ringing they say hold on a minute , and pick up the other one . |
| 6 | ‘ Wait for a minute . ’ |
| 7 | Relax for a minute or so . |
| 8 | Now you relax for a minute , I wo n't be long . |
| 9 | Consider for a minute the tenacity that the concept of " form " has had in design even amongst those most determined to eradicate the idea of " aesthetics " . |
| 10 | I mean why do people have to kind of , if , if , if we accept for a minute that there 's something in this analogy , this model that Freud is talking about , why do people have this compulsive need to repeat like this , why do they have to repeat history ? |
| 11 | When it is my turn to use the phone , I stand for a minute with two ten pence coins in my hand . |
| 12 | No you see I , see how I go for a minute |
| 13 | Now just think for a minute what that involves . |
| 14 | What is it , after all — just think for a minute — but a lot of reformist and flatulent ‘ left-wing ’ politics ! |
| 15 | There was another track after ‘ Happy Hour ’ that we could have put out that probably would have done just as well , but instead we went for a ballad , ‘ Think For A Minute ’ , to make people think , ‘ Jesus , there 's more to this group than I 'd thought ’ . |
| 16 | Think for a minute . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Just think for a minute or two , ’ replied Gabriel hopefully . |
| 18 | And course he 'd frightened himself and er I counted up to about eight , nine and ten I said to him , Look when you go inside that bloody gate now I said go straight into the office sit down and think for a minute where the hell are we all going to in this carry on ? |
| 19 | Well sport , traffic and travel , what 's on , think for a minute and plenty of opinion . |
| 20 | Leave for a minute or so , until the cheese has melted , then serve , sprinkled with the remaining parsley . |
| 21 | Sprinkle the gelatine onto the boiling water in a small bowl and stir well — then leave for a minute or so to dissolve . |
| 22 | I rest for a minute on our cardinal-red front step . |