Example sentences of "few minute [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall deal mainly with the latter subject , but I intend to spend just a few minutes on education . |
| 2 | There were a funny few minutes about John Major 's working class credentials but like Mills the rest of the act was a bit hackneyed . |
| 3 | At first people will endorse General Morgan as ‘ king of Somalia ’ but , a few minutes into discussion , the truth is out . |
| 4 | My reason is that George spent a few minutes with Lennie , comforting and making him a happy man by reminding him of his dreams , before sending him off to find his final dream in heaven . |
| 5 | After a few minutes with Mr Malik , Robert himself quite often felt like making the frighteningly short journey from doubt to belief . |
| 6 | She was familiar enough with the garden by this time to return in only a few minutes with sheafs of colourful tropical blooms , and she arranged them in two big vases to make riotously informal bunches of colour that lacked classical form but would , she hoped , be pleasing to Faye 's artistic eye . |
| 7 | ‘ Penny is in and out every few minutes at present , and we do n't want her to guess that we 're more than just owner and programme manager , do we ? ’ |
| 8 | This striking result led to further investigations , and it was noticed that one drop of the diluted nasal mucus added to 1 c.c. of a thick suspension of the cocci caused their complete disappearance in a few minutes at 37°C . |
| 9 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |
| 10 | DURING THE UUAC GENERAL STRIKE THESE AIRCRAFT WERE TOUCHING DOWN EVERY FEW MINUTES AT ALDERGROVE AIRPORT IN THE LARGEST AIR AND SEA MOVEMENT OF TROOPS UNDERTAKEN BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SINCE THE SUEZ OPERATION TWENTY-ONE YEARS EARLIER . |
| 11 | Similarly , the clock on the front of the American Bulletin of Atomic Scientists stood at a few minutes to midnight , but the American government did not heed it . |
| 12 | It took a few minutes for Curtis and Adrian to realise their baby had disappeared . |
| 13 | The results suggested that the half-life of these complexes was short , in the range of a few minutes for P A2b and of 10–20 seconds for P A3 , since the DNA-strand opening was undetectable at both promoters after a 10 minutes challenge and , in the case of P A3 , considerably reduced after a 15 seconds challenge ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 14 | So on that very depressing note , er I 'll leave we 've got a few minutes for questions or objections if anyone wants to , we 've got some head shaking . |
| 15 | What will be a few minutes of footage on the screen took all day to film . |
| 16 | Well what did you get up to this morning in your few minutes of freedom ? |
| 17 | But if , in spite of your precautions , a fire breaks out , a smoke alarm can give those precious few minutes of warning which increase the chances of you and your family getting out safely . |
| 18 | What you will think of it , I suspect , depends on your zodiac sign or whether you blubbed through the last few minutes of Peter Weir 's Dead Poets Society . |
| 19 | Within a few minutes of galactosides being added to the medium , the genes are switched on , and enzymes appear . |
| 20 | But first he would have a few minutes of self-indulgence . |
| 21 | A few minutes of air time on a small radio station ? |
| 22 | A feeling of warm-up is definitely in the air ; a flexing of muscles that have not been stretched in public for some time makes up the first few minutes of Faust 's extraordinary set … and then all hell breaks loose ! |
| 23 | It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister . |
| 24 | The Blessed Sacrament Chapel is in a small room just inside the Presbytery door and to it come over a hundred people who give an hour of their time a week to ‘ watch ’ but there are countless others who come in just for a minute or two and there find a few minutes of silence and prayer . |
| 25 | There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food . |
| 26 | This was followed by a few minutes of silence . |
| 27 | Drying time : wearable within the hour after drying in a warm room — if you do n't mind a few minutes of clamminess at the obvious places where the material is thicker such as the pockets and waistband . |
| 28 | A few minutes of television time was so precious . |
| 29 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 30 | I am writing to tell you what those few minutes of destruction will now mean and to ask for your urgent help to stop this needless forest massacre before it is too late . |