Example sentences of "a minute the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a minute the Archbishop said nothing . |
| 2 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 3 | Within a minute the sweat was pouring off him and his jacket sticking to his back . |
| 4 | She went back on deck at the appointed time and within a minute the man appeared . |
| 5 | Consider for a minute the tenacity that the concept of " form " has had in design even amongst those most determined to eradicate the idea of " aesthetics " . |
| 6 | In a minute the boy passed me , hurrying . |
| 7 | In under a minute the company had hit its objective . |
| 8 | In a minute the road came into view . |
| 9 | Wait a minute the brake 's on . |
| 10 | After about half a minute the Commander broke the silence . |
| 11 | You see , the the erm wait a minute the womb is like two knuckles together like that , wh when you conceive they close like two bones you see they close , and they if you want to get rid you 've got to open it which is which is damned hard work and of course terrible pain attached to it . |
| 12 | After staring at it for a minute the client pointed at the picture and exclaimed angrily , " I do n't like that bean . " |
| 13 | Oh wait a minute the doctor should n't have seen it then should he ? |
| 14 | Within a minute the pup is dead and swallowed . |