Example sentences of "for only [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | After allowing between 45 and 90 minutes for incorporation of labelled amino acid into protein , anaesthesia was induced and biopsies of rectal mucosa or tumour were taken immediately , through a sigmoidoscope ( therefore the patient was anesthetised for only five minutes of the 45–90 minute period available for incorporation of isotope ) . |
| 2 | Social historians might want to know that the average phone in the US was used for twenty minutes a day in 1992 , whereas the average phone in the UK was used for only four minutes . |
| 3 | A good eye is essential as illustrated by the Mexican who practised for only 10 minutes before becoming King Conker , and the first overseas winner , in 1976 . |
| 4 | If you can not get hold of one , make smaller muffins in an ordinary bun tray and bake for only 10–15 minutes . |
| 5 | She , well she cooks her chicken for only fifteen minutes , but I would cook my chicken |
| 6 | The Sussex youngster was on court for only 52 minutes for her 6-2 , 6-1 triumph . |
| 7 | Liz was on the labour room bed for only 25 minutes before James was born at 6am . |
| 8 | The substitute had been on the field for only three minutes when McCoist got his second goal of the evening , made for him by another purposeful run and pass by Jess . |
| 9 | There was little danger that his pictures ( which were valued at hundreds of pounds ) would devalue the currency or be torn out of their frames and passed off as real banknotes : his jury acquitted after retiring for only ten minutes . |
| 10 | In Calcutta , Mike Gatting batted for six hours in his two innings , while in Madras he was at the crease for only 66 minutes and 21 runs . |