Example sentences of "[noun] of a few minutes " in BNC.

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1 It was the work of a few minutes .
2 They sprayed the subjects with cold water when they were undoubtedly in REM sleep , and then woke them after varying intervals of a few minutes .
3 The results suggested that the half-life of these complexes was short , in the range of a few minutes for P A2b and of 10–20 seconds for P A3 , since the DNA-strand opening was undetectable at both promoters after a 10 minutes challenge and , in the case of P A3 , considerably reduced after a 15 seconds challenge ( Figure 4 ) .
4 The time resolution is excellent - the growth of maize seedlings over a period of a few minutes can be detected .
5 However , there was a delay of a few minutes from the start of the experiment before the chicks ate their first camouflaged rice grains .
6 She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories .
7 Claudia asked , her heart sinking at the idea of Dana rushing from shorts into a wedding dress in the space of a few minutes .
8 At the end of a few minutes , he had agreed to get Landau , and she had come up with the names of banks and accounts for both Foster and Landau , and the place where he could lay hands on Pete Foster .
9 After that the injection of the litter was a matter of a few minutes .
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