Example sentences of "few minutes [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If I feel that a particular patient is suffering from extreme tension and finds it difficult to relax , then I may suggest that , during the two weeks following the regression session , he simply practises a basic relaxation exercise for a few minutes a day .
2 ‘ Initially people think bonsai trees must be quite difficult to keep , but all it takes is a few minutes a day to see they are properly watered .
3 Every few minutes a man came in and called someone 's name .
4 Every few minutes a truck thunders down the strategic Salang Highway on its way from Hiratan on the Soviet border to Kabul .
5 Every few minutes a shell would swish over the rooftops to explode with a roar in the docks ; and more Syrian troops — nearer to the explosions and silhouetted against the sea — could be seen running beside the harbour wall .
6 In a few minutes a boy appeared .
7 After a few minutes a barman came in and asked everyone to move outside with the other hotel guests who had been evacuated from the building .
8 It 's a good idea to run your central heating pump for a few minutes a week in summer to prevent it from seizing up when the system is not in use .
9 Every few minutes a plate crashed to the floor .
10 After a few minutes a woman in a grey fur coat began to cross the street from my building .
11 DOZENS more East German refugees arrived outside the West German embassy yesterday seeking asylum and passage to the West , including some who missed by only a few minutes a train that took more than 800 of their compatriots to West Germany .
12 Every few minutes a train rolled in , as if from some inexhaustible magazine of trains beyond the horizon , and , sucking into itself a multitude and departing again , left one platform for one moment emptying — and the next moment the platform was once more filled by the quenchless stream …
13 The following exercise would take only a few minutes every day .
14 We can use affirmations to bring a positive , joyful attitude to life in general — either using them as needed during the day , or putting aside a few minutes every day to affirm our beliefs .
15 A few minutes every day .
16 After a few minutes the water will change colour .
17 Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess .
18 In those few minutes the colour had drained out of them and they had wilted in the glass like faded tissue paper .
19 But just a few minutes the vicar arrived , and despite the Church 's apology insisted the crosses would have to go .
20 For a few minutes the prisoner enjoyed the game , but then she suddenly felt wet and sat up .
21 And after just a few minutes the cold was starting to get through .
22 After the first few minutes the child is not going to learn any more from the experience and will either fall asleep , start to play , or get up to mischief in the room .
23 Within a few minutes the basket was more than half full of food , and Mary was pouring the soup into the thermos .
24 After a few minutes the noise began to subside .
25 For a few minutes the sun glimmered through the mist to my right , a red ball just risen above the mountain .
26 Unless the heart starts beating again within a few minutes the person will die , and in fifty per cent of all fatal heart attacks the victim dies within thirty minutes .
27 My Lords in a few minutes the House will have to vote on this issue .
28 It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working .
29 Every few minutes the cock tests the temperature of the mound : if it falls below 33 degrees Celsius he adds more compost , while if it rises above 33 degrees he makes a vent in the mound to cool the eggs .
30 Within a few minutes the atmosphere in the bay was normal , and Ace was jetting towards the shuttle 's cabin door .
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