Example sentences of "for [adv] a minute " in BNC.

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1 They stood there for perhaps a minute , wondering what to do .
2 He read in silence for perhaps a minute , and then turned the scroll over to examine minutely the seal on the obverse .
3 Even if you think you 're only h leaving it for only a minute .
4 Near its edge the dark , wet sand was a sheen on which footsteps kept their shape for only a minute or two .
5 For just a minute I got gone deaf .
6 They waited for nearly a minute for something to happen .
7 He did n't speak for nearly a minute ; the DDA sat quietly , knowing this was not the time to interrupt his thoughts .
8 For nearly a minute she could say nothing .
9 For nearly a minute he said nothing and I had the sense to keep quiet , too , looking down at the top of his head .
10 After circling and playing together for probably a minute , the fins had lazily disappeared and Yanto had gone home a mystified man .
11 Next , hold the foot between both your hands for about a minute or two to soothe it .
12 It is sold as a paste and is hardened by light ; once the paste is in the cavity , the dentist sets it by shining a blue light for about a minute .
13 For the next hour , Matilda kept practising , and in the end she had managed , by the sheer power of her eyes , to lift the whole cigar clear off the table about six inches into the air and hold it there for about a minute .
14 She did n't reply , and for about a minute they sat in silence , facing each other .
15 I stood looking him over for about a minute and then went round the room .
16 Some Dell notebooks let you change the battery with the machine still switched on , by making sure there 's enough standby power to run the machine for about a minute .
17 So you do n't finish up with a battery that as soon as you 've used it for about a minute , that 's it ca n't get any more
18 The power struggle went on for about a minute , then the Archon sat down .
19 Then he stared at the phone rather than me for about a minute until the door opened .
20 He took her amusement in good part , however , and he took his eyes off her to study the menu for about a minute .
21 I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so ,
22 If the music should go on past 10 o'clock for even a minute or two , Muriel is out and about .
23 Neither did he move from where he was standing , just inside the door , for almost a minute ; and when he did , he came quickly to the side of the table and stood within an arm 's length of her .
24 The wire hangers rang together like bells and kept it up for almost a minute .
25 For almost a minute it continued , and then it stopped , as abruptly as it had begun .
26 Nicandra knocked and tapped against the bars for quite a minute before Silly-Willie 's white face , like an oversized moon , filled the small window .
27 The first person soon flew gracefully to the bottom of the hill , staying up for over a minute .
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