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 . |