Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hereford usually crack or collapse in the dying minutes . |
| 2 | A hummingbird , taking advantage of the dying minutes of daylight , feeds on flower nectar in the fragrant garden . |
| 3 | But tossed about by a cruel world , Iris is not the sort of girl who quietly puts up with her destiny — just as the flower beneath which she reads for a moment , while a woman 's revenge wreaks horrible havoc in the final minutes , is not just an ordinary cactus . |
| 4 | Ireland nearly equalised in the second , but were held back and Sandra Colamartino scored her second try for Scotland in the final minutes . |
| 5 | Indeed , the judge had directed the jury 's attention to the final minutes of the film , which depicted a couple making love in explicit anatomical detail , some of which was photographed in close shot . |
| 6 | Move on to item five on the agenda of the preceding minutes , the planning committee meetings are on Monday the eighth of November and the twenty ninth of November . |
| 7 | Under the captaincy of McBride and the coaching skills of his Ballymena colleague Syd Millar , the Lions , with nine Irishmen in tow , won 21 of their 22 games , and were only denied a clean sweep when flanker Fergus Slattery was robbed of a try in the dying minutes of the Fourth and Final Test which ended in a 13–13 draw . |
| 8 | ‘ As far as I 'm concerned we lost this game during the closing minutes of the first leg in Moscow when we conceded two late goals . |
| 9 | Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the original minutes of the Construction Committee who built the hospital should contact the Office of Archives at the Royal . |
| 10 | Despite the penetrating runs of Kiwi Test half-back Kelly Shelford and centre Allan Bateman , Warrington could only muster a late try from winger Neil Kenyon in the closing minutes . |
| 11 | But the real hero , not for the first time , was the veteran Welsh international Southall who twice saved from Holdsworth in the final minutes . |
| 12 | Certainly , they rarely threatened to win the match , though Dave Kirkwood — one of four former Hearts players in the Airdrie ranks — missed the most clear-cut chance of the game in the closing minutes . |
| 13 | LARNE had a controversial decision by referee Leslie Irvine in the dying minutes to thank for keeping their Cup hopes alive . |
| 14 | At the other end , Durnin missed out for Oxford in the dying minutes , but it was new Sunderland player manager Terry Butcher 's night . |
| 15 | McMahon then robbed Speed deep in City territory to begin the counter-attack from which Quinn scored a thrilling third , and the busy midfielder saved his best pass for the dying minutes when Brennan was on hand to profit from a piercing chip . |
| 16 | Beckett made another good save from Roy Gordon but South Antrim made sure of the points in the dying minutes when Iain Watson found Peter Crory and his cross was turned in by Gordon McCandless . |
| 17 | The alarms of the past minutes faded before a tantalising awareness of the strong body cradling her . |
| 18 | B.C. won this semi-final 18–16 , four penalties and a goal to four penalties and a try , and could have been eliminated had Troy McDonald , the Alberta outside-half , been successful with a difficult drop goal in the final minutes . |
| 19 | Finally , what I remember best about the Seventies were the close matches that Wales were involved in — e.g. 19–18 in 1971 at Murrayfield , where the result was in doubt until the final minutes . |
| 20 | Slaven put the ball in the net in the dying minutes but the goal was disallowed for offside . |
| 21 | A five-metre scrum in the closing minutes saw them splinter the Quins pack for Charles to touch down . |
| 22 | This is undertaken by supporters of the project who are works employees during the spare minutes they may have available . |
| 23 | A case of appropriate bindings — marbled boards and a handwritten label for the Rough Minutes , polished calf and a morocco label for the finished Trustees Accounts . |
| 24 | For B.C. , a missed conversion in the final minutes was critical . |
| 25 | Frantic Bradford took to diving in the box looking for penalties , but Quakers held on , and there was even the unaccustomed spectacle of possession football to waste time in the dying minutes with a chorus of ‘ staying up ’ from the travelling fans in the background . |