Example sentences of "minute [conj] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It wore out a minute or so ago . |
| 2 | Mrs Zamzam spoke slowly , a village woman speaking to a stranger , and without warning she stood up and went to her other room , returning a minute or so later with a rusting tin . |
| 3 | With that she was gone and a minute or so later , they heard the crack of a whip and the sound of horses ' hooves as the coach pulled away . |
| 4 | ‘ No , really , ’ I insisted a minute or so later , as I laundered my fingers and Stuart needlessly scraped a fetid plastic comb over his cranium , ‘ where are you going ? |
| 5 | A minute or so later Flavia said , ‘ Time for me to go . ’ |
| 6 | As Harry stood on the platform a minute or so later , watching the train pull out , he could see him through the brightly lit window , still immersed in his paperback , oblivious , it seemed , to Harry 's departure . |
| 7 | So er , it only takes you a second to er copy from an adjacent cell but it could take you a minute or two to get that formula working again if it 's not copyable , erm , it would probably only takes you an extra few seconds er when you 're actually building the formula to make it , copyable in the first place so it 's well worth investing a few extra seconds up front to save you maybe a minute or so later on . |
| 8 | A minute or so later she had been connected and the reservations clerk was asking for details of her ticket . |
| 9 | Her tension was back in full force a minute or so later , though . |
| 10 | ‘ If it 's any consolation , ’ she murmured contentedly a minute or so later , ‘ I was pea-green with jealousy when you went out that night . ’ |
| 11 | It allowed me to work for up to a minute or so rather than seconds , as with a sable , before reloading . |
| 12 | I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge . |
| 13 | A minute or so earlier she might have burst out laughing again at what she considered was an ‘ over the top ’ compliment but — and she owned that seeing Ven Gajdusek was to blame — she suddenly felt in a laughing mood no longer . |