Example sentences of "[to-vb] for a minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps more revealingly , he is also consistently godlike on Radio 4 's Just A Minute programme , where participants have to talk for a minute without repetition or hesitation . |
| 2 | I got some quiet music and sat down to listen for a minute . |
| 3 | She allowed her mind to dwell for a minute on her old schoolfellow in the role of husband . |
| 4 | At the hedge marking the foot of the field I have to look for a minute to find a way through . |
| 5 | It is truly a sublime glen : you can scarcely allow the eye to leave for a minute the mighty mountain walls on either side ( for some new scar , or crag , or corrie , or leaping cataract is ever being discovered ) , and their charming variegation of shade and tint among the mosses , rock , and grass , or among the heath and heather-bell . |
| 6 | ‘ Sit down and try to relax for a minute . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Miss Morgan , would you like to stop for a minute ? |
| 8 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |