Example sentences of "for minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donnelly lay like a rag doll for minutes . |
| 2 | Some days he would follow a man , a man he 'd just seen in the street , for minutes or for hours , thinking he would go up to him and ask him if he knew the way . |
| 3 | Sitting in a traffic jam with such a car alongside is a contemporary purgatory that produces reactions in me that bode no good for the future of the human race and make me a menace on the roads for minutes afterwards . |
| 4 | The presence of this second pair of cords is thought to be the secret behind the extraordinary purring mechanism that permits the animal to produce the soft , rumbling sound for minutes and even hours on end , without any effort and without opening the mouth . |
| 5 | He did not feel that the 15 day limit for minutes of the final meeting and responses to issues brought up at it was inadequate . |
| 6 | It was an understood thing that Mr Joe , Sir , as he was now — and that was hard to take in — was still in shock , for he walked about like someone in a dream and would stand staring in front of him for minutes on end . |
| 7 | He had n't been able to raise Manolo for minutes . |
| 8 | It falls to the floor , an ugly little lump of metal , and the boys sit transfixed for minutes before they eat again . |
| 9 | I could go on for minutes on end . |
| 10 | He breathed the air deeply , hauling it into his broad chest as if this particular air on this exact spot could be stored up and carried around as a reserve and reminder : for minutes on end he stood there , resisting any move which would lift the spell , gazing into the hidden valley as if in there lay the treasure he wanted . |
| 11 | And sometimes , and sometimes for minutes on end ( especially if you 're lying down ) , nothing hurts . |
| 12 | His brother Gawain ignored him , gazing at the salt cellar or the window for minutes at a time and stolidly chewing . |
| 13 | She found herself gazing , for minutes on end , at photographs of young men in their flying kit , waiting for the command to take to the skies . |
| 14 | Car horns were blared for minutes on end , headlights were flashed , people danced and sang and shouted , " The Shah is gone . |
| 15 | Sometimes , for minutes , a sliding |
| 16 | Apart from the splash of the water , and the squeak and thump of the diving boards , the calls of the Indians to each other and an occasional squeal of delight from the child , it was still , and a thrush , lodged in a tree on the common beyond , dominated for minutes together the air above the sequestered pool . |
| 17 | Jack recently told us the plot of a 1951 Jane Wyman movie called The Blue Veil and we both broke down sobbing at the same point of the story and sobbed for minutes . |
| 18 | She did n't know if they had been driving for minutes or days . |
| 19 | for minutes and memos . |
| 20 | Norwegian coach Egil Olsen was a side-commentary for the match and he called Spurs play ‘ cowardly ’ — Olsen 's philosophy is the opposite of the south-american style that Spurs play : when you win the ball at the opponents midfield you should come forward with lots of players at great speed and you should always go for the goal — if you have the oppurtunity you should always try to go past your defender — NOT pass to a player behind you or keep the ball in play for minutes at midfield . |
| 21 | You do not want to be anthropomorphic about animals when people are dying needlessly around you , but there was a sad aimlessness about this beast , limping around the tarmac on three legs , moving hesitantly towards people , then thinking better of it , or standing motionless for minutes on end , staring into the bushes on the perimeter . |
| 22 | Men 's clothes , hats , shoes , women 's dresses , perfume , undergarments , even cakes and pastries could hold his attention for minutes on end . |
| 23 | now you want to read off the top of the scale for minutes . |