Example sentences of "for [adj] minutes [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Livermore said : ‘ For 70 minutes he showed tremendous enthusiasm . |
| 2 | For eight minutes she struggled unsuccessfully , changing her posture , hammer grip and the position of the nut , while Ricci rested nearby , apparently just keeping an absent-minded eye on her daughter . |
| 3 | For some minutes she again wondered if Cara would have fared any better . |
| 4 | For some minutes it smoked its pipe and did not speak , but at last it took the pipe out of its mouth , and said , ‘ So you 've changed , have you ? |
| 5 | After the struggles had continued for some minutes it became clear to his ambushers that Putt was not about to die and they dragged him away through the trees to a spot out of sight of the track , where a small fire was burning low . |
| 6 | ‘ For 10 minutes they attempted to engage Anthony in conversation before explicitly asking him to work for and provide information to them . |
| 7 | For 26 minutes we watch , until the finishing touches , the birds and tree , have been added to Cypress Point and the painting is complete . |
| 8 | For 35 minutes they actually dominated possession and position and Saracens seemed in a lot of trouble . |
| 9 | For 20-30 minutes he fired at lunchtime diners with two large-capacity ammunition clip semi-automatic pistols , before finally killing himself . |
| 10 | For long minutes she stood there , her thoughts not so much running circles as buffeting chaotically . |
| 11 | He had a strange sensation that for many minutes he had been holding his breath , though he could n't of course have been doing that . |
| 12 | For ten minutes he becomes a wandering minstrel , illuminated by the bass-player following him with a torch from the stage . |
| 13 | For ten minutes I never saw my float as the fish cruised up and down . |
| 14 | I 'm prepared for people who actually prepare to make comments yes I think you 've got to limit the time and make comments not particularly what people get up and speak for ten minutes I do n't think it 's fair on the people this evening who 've come along and put a question about why are n't you doing certain things I think that 's and I do n't want those people to actually come to a solution . |
| 15 | For ten minutes I vomited elaborately , with steamhammer convulsions that I had no strength to resist or contain . |
| 16 | ‘ For 25 minutes it was difficult to see who was going to be exhausted first , ’ said David , 36 , Caithness SAA secretary . |
| 17 | but by the time they 've stood for five minutes they are . |
| 18 | But if you hear him speak for five minutes you think no more of them . |
| 19 | The passcode system 's a welcome addition and the joystick on the control panel which mimics your movement 's also a nice touch , but once you 've played it for five minutes you 'll have seen everything the game 's got to offer ! |
| 20 | And the villains just listen for it , you walking round and hide in the doorway for five minutes you see far more |
| 21 | And for five minutes I quizzed this wretched bird without getting a single chirp out of it . |
| 22 | For five minutes it feeds , she shifting it gently from one nipple to the other . |
| 23 | Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off |
| 24 | I thought for thought for fifteen minutes I was er should I or should I not join the company . |
| 25 | Normally , the time is fifteen minutes , and for fifteen minutes it 's five fifty , so if you 've got a lot of hair , it 's quite coarse , it 's going to go on for several months . |
| 26 | For several minutes they talked of this and that . |
| 27 | For several minutes they drove in silence , then Tom began to speak his thoughts aloud , glancing briefly at Belinda every now and then but mostly keeping his narrowed eyes firmly fixed on the road . |
| 28 | For several minutes he saw nothing in the shimmering haze of the plain . |
| 29 | For several minutes he stood outside the hut , drenched to the skin , listening to the muffled sounds with a growing sense of desolation . |
| 30 | For several minutes she heard them splashing and laughing in the water , then gradually quiet returned to the camp . |