Example sentences of "a few minutes [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of these accidents could have been avoided by just a few minutes extra care . |
| 2 | Spend some time reading or , even better , join a class and then practise , practise , practise — just for a few minutes each day . |
| 3 | Okay , working with anybody , just just for just for a few minutes each it 's just because what I want you to experience is what it 's like to continually go over the same thing , I want you to experience that , to continually stick to your guns just experience that okay ? |
| 4 | After a while , sitting in the car , we saw her stand for a few minutes first on one of the Howes , then on another , still and with arms raised . |
| 5 | In this situation , the duration time should be reduced to a few minutes greater than the current elapsed time . |
| 6 | He knew the time because they had arranged to meet on the hour but he was a few minutes late and she was waiting . |
| 7 | Councillor Peter , Mrs Pat , Sir John , Mr Peter and Mrs and David apologize , they will be attending but they 'll be a few minutes late . |
| 8 | But in a few minutes Israeli troops , armed with anti-tank rockets and machine-guns , had turned the place into rubble and 22 families , 140 people , had lost their homes and all their possessions . |
| 9 | Within a few minutes all the rigs had arrived and splashed in , and the earlier arrivals which had formed two- and three-rig rafts were crabbing across the river and pushing upstream to the bridge centreline . |
| 10 | After a few minutes one of the men detached himself from the group and walked after Fred at a smart pace . |
| 11 | After a few minutes dried food becomes soggy and loses its appeal , so the rule becomes : feed no more than the fish will eat in five minutes . |
| 12 | ‘ Could I have a few minutes alone with my client , please ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Just a few minutes alone with him was like a tonic . |
| 14 | We discussed the administration of the hospital , especially the shift times of the nurses , to allow Frank a few minutes alone with Salome . |
| 15 | Over the three days that Forester had been observing , his schedule had been consistent to within a few minutes either way . |