Example sentences of "it [verb] about [adj] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | It involves about twenty minutes of mild discomfort . |
| 2 | IT TAKES about five minutes in New Zealand to comprehend why the All Blacks are the best . |
| 3 | It takes about five minutes to set it up before you retire to bed , and if you come back downstairs for something you have to cancel it and start all over again . |
| 4 | One the flour and water are mixed to a paste , it takes about 10 minutes for the heat to develop . |
| 5 | As eating-time continues , the body sends out more and more satiety signals , but it is estimated that it takes about twenty minutes for a meal to have its full effect in filling our stomachs and sending out all the other physical signals of sufficiency . |
| 6 | It takes about 15 minutes to do this so you will have to be realistic about how frequently you could schedule it in . |
| 7 | It takes about 15 minutes , from start to finish . |
| 8 | They actually just feed this information , it takes about three minutes on average to input the data off this into the computer , and it goes straight into the mainframe computer . |
| 9 | ‘ We will give franchisees all the training in selling and fitting them — it takes about 30 minutes to install one — but we find many people are keen on DIY and would want to do their own . ’ |
| 10 | It takes about 20 minutes to reach Jubilee Gardens after finishing . |
| 11 | It takes about 20 minutes to work and can give almost total pain relief . |
| 12 | It takes about 20 minutes to adhere — time enough to correct mistakes . |
| 13 | Now both Stan and I have the same policy that erm we will write out It takes about ten minutes , or maybe a little bit longer with me , cos I 'm not as clever as Stan . |
| 14 | It takes about ten minutes in the car . |
| 15 | I mean it took about ten minutes , quarter of an hour altogether . |
| 16 | It lasts about 45 minutes , and is not usually Communion . |
| 17 | Steve has got one that he played at the last S L Os meeting , it lasts about four minutes it 's as long as the song he ai n't heavy he 's my brother . |
| 18 | It lasts about 90 minutes . |
| 19 | Yeah , yeah , yeah , the thing was , because it left about fifteen minutes later , at a quarter past eight , there was so much difference in traffic , |