Example sentences of "minutes [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often complained of by many that a meeting will take five minutes to agree the expenditure of ten million and two hours to debate a minor item worth only a few thousand . |
| 2 | Dr Marc Cartwright , anaesthetist on the cardiac arrest team , said it took several minutes to spot the mistake and insert the tube properly . |
| 3 | I suppose it came into my room for a few minutes to see a book I 'd been telling him about , then he left and I hit the sack . |
| 4 | CARLISLE 'S George Oghani took just two minutes to hit the back of the net . |
| 5 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 6 | Once inside the building , it took Myeloski nearly twenty minutes to find the officer in charge and determine that no word had been received by the Tobolsk police regarding their impending arrival . |
| 7 | It took five minutes to establish the link , and for the operator to get out Delaney 's short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the drop zone . |
| 8 | Supernatants were combined and centrifuged at 16500 g for 25 minutes to obtain a lysosome enriched pellet . |
| 9 | ‘ You have five minutes to shake the world . |
| 10 | About half the throws hit their target and it generally takes eight direct hits and about five minutes to crack the egg open . |
| 11 | It would take only a few minutes to open a door , search out the riding boots and pour a little mercury over each spur . ’ |
| 12 | WHEAT was cut , ground to flour and baked into bread in just 21 minutes to set a world record at Heckington , Lincs , yesterday . |
| 13 | To hell with the risk , I had three minutes to create an impact ( being carried off on a stretcher should do it ) . |
| 14 | Bake spanakopitta for about 40 minutes , then increase the heat for another 5 minutes to crisp the top . |
| 15 | Last week a Durham City vehicle took 25 minutes to answer an emergency call in Bishop Auckland , and recently a woman in Upper Teesdale had to wait over an hour for an ambulance . |
| 16 | Christmas shoppers were given 25 minutes to evacuate the area before the van exploded in Market Street only half a mile away from the headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland . |
| 17 | The snow was almost knee-deep ; it took him nearly ten minutes to reach the hedge at the other side of the field . |
| 18 | It took them nearly ten minutes to reach the top of the house . |
| 19 | Legal items from the Advocates ' Library showed a similar pattern of delivery times , with just over half ( 51% ) taking more than thirty-five minutes to reach the Reading Room . |
| 20 | It takes 10 minutes to reach the arch , slogging through the filth and scum . |
| 21 | The home side resumed their second innings on the final day needing 33 more runs to win with five wickets in hand , and Rutherford and Tony Blain took only 29 minutes to reach the target of 201 . |
| 22 | In the event it took the two of them , scrambling and sliding downwards beside each other , faces to the rocks , only some five or six minutes to reach the spot where the railing which Sven Hjerson had noticed further along had in fact stopped the couple 's fall . |
| 23 | He 's been rattling on about people bemoaning the passing of Trevino and Palmer , saying there are no characters left , merely machine-like robots who take five minutes to select a club , 10 minutes to line up a putt , and five-and-a-half hours to complete a round . |
| 24 | He had exactly eight minutes to hear a report back from business leaders who had been looking at inner-city schools . |
| 25 | It then took another five minutes to fit the flysheet and peg it out . |
| 26 | It took me five minutes to put up the inner , which is erected first and another five minutes to fit the flysheet and peg out on one wild and windy night . |
| 27 | Race officials claim the start of the run had been delayed 20 minutes to avoid the train but the race was running 10 minutes ahead of schedule . |
| 28 | Say four minutes to recross the river , two hundred yards of drift . |
| 29 | Barcelona went 2–0 up after 31 minutes , but the Russians refused to give in and produced a stunning three goals in 16 minutes to steal the tie . |
| 30 | Barcelona looked safe at 2-0 up after 31 minutes but the Russians scored three times in 16 minutes to steal the tie . |