Example sentences of "minute [coord] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Check every 20 minutes or so that the water has not boiled away and , if so , replenish with boiling water . |
| 2 | And that 's why it may be a good ten minutes or so before a man can lift a finger ( if you 'll forgive the phrase ) . |
| 3 | Carey checked it , then dragged back on the rod and took up the slack , working that way for five minutes or so before he beached the fish . |
| 4 | And President Gorbachev stood up there for about 15 minutes or so before the television pictures were cut . |
| 5 | Try and keep the majority of writing to the period of five minutes or so after the interviewee has left , when you should sum up the points while they are fresh in your mind . |
| 6 | If you wish to increase your writing speed , begin with sessions of two minutes or so and build up gradually . |
| 7 | They did n't hurt exactly , it was more of a niggly pain but I worked it out to about once every four minutes or so and my mum said we 'd better ring the hospital . |
| 8 | After five minutes or so and a few shaky moments in some bankside undergrowth , a huge koi graced my net which when put on the scales went a shade over 15lb . |
| 9 | The waiters do n't have menus , they come and shout at you and if you 're sitting ‘ upstairs ’ on the ground floor , as opposed to the much more plebby basement , then they turn the lights off every twenty minutes or so and all the diners have to dance by candlelight for two minutes whether they want to or not . |
| 10 | Very often I sit in my chair for ten minutes or so as soon as I arrive at the water , just relaxing and taking in everything around me , appreciating my surroundings and thinking about what I am going to do . |
| 11 | There was the added complication that for the first time there would be a period of five minutes or so when I would have to shut inside my satchel not only my outdoor shoes but my gym shoes as well . |
| 12 | However Crewe came back into the game a scored after 30 minutes or so when Strach misplaced a pass in the midfield where upon some Crewe player broke away and rolled the ball past Beaney and Hodge ( who only just missed intercepting it ) . |
| 13 | She thanked me every five minutes or so until we 'd finished . |
| 14 | The bacteria reproduce every 20 minutes or so until the food source has expired and the smell gone . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Miss Thomas was breathing and a pulse was still discernible but , according to a statement from an inspector at the station , she stopped breathing a minute or so before an ambulance arrived at 1.33 a.m . |
| 16 | For a few anxious moments Franco thought he was dead but he came round within a minute or so although he remained in a semi-conscious state . |
| 17 | Holyfield came under such prolonged assault in the first minute or so that the crowd were reduced to a state of suspended animation , tensed for the moment when he would drop . |
| 18 | Occasionally athletes are kept waiting at the start for a minute or so until television is ready . |
| 19 | The selection of the correct key added on another minute or so and Sandison could only look on feeling helpless and frustrated . |