Example sentences of "few minutes [prep] [noun sg] " 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 | At first people will endorse General Morgan as ‘ king of Somalia ’ but , a few minutes into discussion , the truth is out . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | What will be a few minutes of footage on the screen took all day to film . |
| 7 | Well what did you get up to this morning in your few minutes of freedom ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But first he would have a few minutes of self-indulgence . |
| 10 | A few minutes of air time on a small radio station ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food . |
| 14 | This was followed by a few minutes of silence . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A few minutes of television time was so precious . |
| 17 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I 've nothing against these two teams , but to be deprived of the euphoric English faces after only a few minutes of joy and achievement was an insult . |
| 20 | And could anyone imagine that in order to get those few minutes of screen imagery in the can , the three of them inhaled 1O5 real joints of excellent quality Mexican grass ? |
| 21 | If you want to stop at seventy three point six million erm pounds we 're quite happy to erm and I suggest Chairman if if we do n't get the the main er growth savings through at the next few minutes of voting that perhaps a rather longer lunch erm maybe there would be some . |
| 22 | After a few minutes of practise , subjects adapt and are able to compensate for this distortion . |
| 23 | Quick action is vital , since anyone who stops breathing can usually live for only a few minutes without help . |
| 24 | ( If it 's too long to do this right through , view the first few minutes without sound . ) |
| 25 | Family run hotel , located a few minutes from seafront , close to all amenities . |
| 26 | I could train birds on the bitter bead , shock them , either immediately or a few minutes after training , and compare the biochemistry in the birds which had tasted the bead but forgotten the association with that in the birds which had tasted and remembered the bead . |
| 27 | It 's only a few minutes by air , ’ he explained when she looked astonished . |
| 28 | Having spent the last few minutes in preparation for the strain of an interview with Davout , Thiercelin almost visibly relaxed . |
| 29 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . ’ |