Example sentences of "down [prep] a minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 2 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |
| 3 | She rocked the baby in her arms , refusing to put her down for a minute , and she sang snatches of lullabies she remembered her mother singing so many years ago . |
| 4 | You have to sit down for a minute — |
| 5 | When she went into the rest room she sat down for a minute while waiting for Peggy to come out of the lavatory . |
| 6 | Had they been able to put down for a minute our in-depth features on Geraldo , Victor Sylvester and some accordions , they might have seen something half-decent on the box . |
| 7 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 8 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 9 | Because when you do run across the road , you get to the other side , and you 're thinking , good gracious , that was a close shave , I 'll have to sit down for a minute , I think I 'll have a cup of coffee or something . |
| 10 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 11 | Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute . |
| 12 | She do n't put him down for a minute , oh he feels insecure and he 's left his mummy and goes love his granny and come on your granny , I think oh carry on ! |
| 13 | No sorry it 's mummy 's fault , she pulled the wrong one , that 's it , good girl , I 'll er brush your hair in a minute , get all your knots out , right , sit down for a minute , well turn round , there |
| 14 | said stay down for a minute . |
| 15 | We had an orgy last night and I 've got a bit of a headache today , I 'm going to have a lie down in a minute . |
| 16 | ‘ Tell Isaac I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Is that you ? ’ she says drowsily ; then , without waiting for an answer , ‘ I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 18 | I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 19 | But the success of the organisation lay in the men who ran it as much as in the formal orders ( set down in a minute of July 1942 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Get on with it , Will , ’ she said , ‘ I 'll be down in a minute , got to see to my mam . ’ |
| 21 | I 'll be down in a minute . |
| 22 | I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 23 | He 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 25 | He 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 26 | Right we 're going down in a minute , yeah . |
| 27 | I 'll get you down in a minute . |
| 28 | Shall we have a sit down in a minute then ? |
| 29 | Ask him if he will wants to come down in a minute . |
| 30 | Anyway , I 'll be down in a minute . |