Example sentences of "have a few minutes " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? , |
2 | Let me know when it 's not bath-night and you can have a few minutes ’ chat with your aged Pops . ’ |
3 | ‘ Could I have a few minutes alone with my client , please ? ’ |
4 | But first he would have a few minutes of self-indulgence . |
5 | ‘ If I could have a few minutes — let's say half an hour — to think it over and make some notes , I daresay we 'll be as right as a snail 's whisker . ’ |
6 | I 'll be able to model your gown ; it 's right at the end of the show , so I 'll have a few minutes after I 've finished Roman 's clothes . ’ |
7 | Later on they might have a few minutes together and he would hold her and she would become herself again . |
8 | Even Marshall had brushed aside all suggestions of having a few minutes to spare to give Harbury something exclusive . |
9 | ‘ We had a few minutes waiting around , ’ Frank said . |
10 | He had a few minutes yet , to compose his missive to Estabrook . |
11 | ‘ I was thinking of a smoke myself , ’ he said , his eyes fixed on the pouch , as if staring it down , ‘ if I had a few minutes in hand . ’ |
12 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
13 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
14 | If it was , I reckoned I had a few minutes while he walked back there . |
15 | They had they had a few minutes silence for him when he died down Framlingham . |
16 | His mate , driver Sam Webster , gave him a smile of approval and said , ‘ Good lad , young John , now put your injector on , shut it off when you 've got nearly a full ‘ glass ’ , then have a few minutes . |
17 | You can pick the work up and do a bit of it whenever you have a few minutes to spare and the final result is really splendid , whether it is all bejewelled and decorated or made in a simple plain yarn . |
18 | Then if you 'd lie down for a few minutes , have a few minutes ’ sleep , you were right again . |