Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adj] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | The level of interest requires that presentations must be limited to 30 minutes per paper , which should include five minutes for questions . |
| 2 | Subject to that er amendment is it your wish that I should sign those minutes as a true record of that meeting ? |
| 3 | The question a to ask a supplementary question referring to the previous answer and that chair must have two minutes to reply to that . |
| 4 | We must have three minutes of relaxation before beginning Synod . |
| 5 | O normally a meeting of this type should take twenty minutes . |
| 6 | Ushers should arrive 40 minutes before the ceremony , armed with service sheets |
| 7 | It may finish earlier where no further work can be done or it may finish some minutes later in order to complete sensibly . |
| 8 | A train — which , as Peter said , the law-abiding might wait ten minutes for — arrived and bore the boy away in the nick of time . |
| 9 | The first time you try it you 'll find it difficult to keep the nose planted that far down , Stuka-like ; but remember , starting at FL 300 even at that rate you 'll need two minutes to get down to breathing levels , which encourages a firm push on the yoke . |
| 10 | ‘ These things 'll need twenty minutes as it 's the end of the day . |
| 11 | When she said , ‘ What about bed , now ? ’ they were more than glad to escape from the kitchen where the Very Important Councillor Evans might appear any minute . |
| 12 | In short answers unless it is crying out for a diagram do n't bother because you 'll spend five minutes drawing the diagram , labelling it , explaining what D P and D S means and it just wo n't work it definition , application , measurement problems , contention , |
| 13 | ‘ He 'll ring any minute . ’ |
| 14 | Because it is calculated that a retained crew might take four minutes to get to the station the computer calculated other stations could respond quicker . |
| 15 | When you have finished — it might take five minutes or five hours — look through your notes and pick out the central themes . |
| 16 | So you 'll have five minutes to do some . |
| 17 | It 's just coming up to twenty past three we 'll take fifteen minutes . |
| 18 | Well it 'll take twenty minutes to get here and it 'll take about forty minutes to get the other way . |
| 19 | At last , however , the Radio One crew were told they might get 10 minutes maximum down at the Disney Studios where Madonna as rehearsing for her world tour . |
| 20 | and that 's the best way , it 'll er , oh you 'll save ten minutes easy , it 's a fair walk it , on the main road |
| 21 | He was feeling genuinely enthusiastic , in a splendid mood , but he was nervously aware that it could disappear any minute . |
| 22 | The instruments show a build-up of methane that could explode any minute . ’ |
| 23 | He asked me if I could wait five minutes . |
| 24 | She could wait ten minutes though without dying , you know . |
| 25 | The Boro boss said Peter Schmeichel also had a good game and he could sense 15 minutes from time that neither goalkeeper was going to make a mistake . |
| 26 | I could run five minutes faster than last year and still end up fifth , or lower . ’ |
| 27 | Distraught Christine , of Bell Farm , York , said : ‘ The doctors told me he could die any minute . ’ |
| 28 | The emergency services say it could cut vital minutes from the time it takes to respond to a call . |
| 29 | An eminent preacher claimed that he could overcome even the worst disaster if he could have fifteen minutes of contemplation . |
| 30 | I asked Leo if I could have five minutes ' peace . |