Example sentences of "few minutes of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What will be a few minutes of footage on the screen took all day to film . |
| 2 | Well what did you get up to this morning in your few minutes of freedom ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But first he would have a few minutes of self-indulgence . |
| 5 | A few minutes of air time on a small radio station ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food . |
| 9 | This was followed by a few minutes of silence . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A few minutes of television time was so precious . |
| 12 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | After a few minutes of practise , subjects adapt and are able to compensate for this distortion . |