Example sentences of "minute [conj] so [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Meanwhile , Miss Thomas was breathing and a pulse was still discernible but , according to a statement from an inspector at the station , she stopped breathing a minute or so before an ambulance arrived at 1.33 a.m .
2 For a few anxious moments Franco thought he was dead but he came round within a minute or so although he remained in a semi-conscious state .
3 Holyfield came under such prolonged assault in the first minute or so that the crowd were reduced to a state of suspended animation , tensed for the moment when he would drop .
4 Occasionally athletes are kept waiting at the start for a minute or so until television is ready .
5 The selection of the correct key added on another minute or so and Sandison could only look on feeling helpless and frustrated .
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