Example sentences of "back [prep] [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Juliet had managed to grab a cup of coffee and a sandwich , but had been reluctant to leave Wendy Target virtually alone on the ward , so she had hurried back after ten minutes . |
| 2 | Southampton should have hit back after 28 minutes when Carl Tiler pulled down Nicky Banger . |
| 3 | Witschge pulled one back after 51 minutes and Damaschin equalised with three minutes to go . |
| 4 | Sheffield hit back within two minutes when John Sheridan curled a free-kick over the wall and wide of stand-in goalkeeper Michael Serr . |
| 5 | The paragon was back within five minutes . |
| 6 | ‘ He 'll be back within ten minutes . ’ |
| 7 | It may seem surprising nonetheless to claim that the infinitive event is represented as a mere potentiality in uses with the modal auxiliaries in past contexts such as : ( 9 ) When he was young , he could swim across the lake and back in 10 minutes . |
| 8 | I and my new friend then went to Ku where he took another 15,000 pesetas off me — the price had gone up , he said — and he parked me by the dance-floor and said he 'd be back in five minutes . |
| 9 | I shall be back in five minutes ’ time . |
| 10 | He said phone back in five minutes . |
| 11 | ‘ If you look back in five minutes or so , you 'll see the best view in the whole place . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll ring you back in five minutes . ’ |
| 13 | Fabia gathered that he approved of her walking shoes , but , even so , it did not stop him from warning , somewhat severely , I 'm not turning back in five minutes . ’ |
| 14 | said right , I shall be back in five minutes . |
| 15 | I will phone you back in five minutes . ’ |
| 16 | well you sit there then , I 'll come back in two minutes I , I ca n't hear what Richard and James are doing |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll be back in fifteen minutes with everything I need . ’ |
| 18 | Could I call you back in fifteen minutes ? ’ |
| 19 | Come back in fifteen minutes . ’ |
| 20 | Come back in ten minutes , and there 'll be tea . ’ |
| 21 | Now you 're gon na get on and read it and you can report back in ten minutes and I do n't want any questions . |
| 22 | ‘ Take us back in twenty minutes . ’ |
| 23 | Then , obviously wanting to leave us alone , our friend said that he had to go to the village of Lalatta for a short time ; he would be back in twenty minutes , by which time I would have to start making my way back to Lagrimone . |
| 24 | It was not so long a walk , though it led her back in twenty minutes through a year and a half of her life , and was quick with memories both sharp and sweet . |
| 25 | Come back in twenty minutes at the most , and we 'll bring this together . |
| 26 | ‘ You come back in ninety-five minutes , during which time I will have meditated . |
| 27 | Comrades struggled to get to grips with Bangor 's cavalier attacking play but they had a chance to pull one back on 31 minutes , Paul McGurnaghan threading the ball through the defence only for Davy Armstrong to screw his shot past the post . |