Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] minutes ' [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Soviet-US joint venture Telekos is now providing a voice-mail service in Moscow : according to Alexander Gromov , Telekos deputy director , the system runs off a computer installed at the Moscow city telephone exchange ; the mail box has two minutes ' memory for input messages and half a minute for output messages ; the subscription is 1000 roubles hook-up fee plus 2,300 roubles per month .
2 The Indian team observed two minutes ' silence before the Perth Test .
3 I asked Leo if I could have five minutes ' peace .
4 Anyone who takes part must register as soon as he or she has completed 15 minutes ' exercise , between midnight tonight and 10.30pm tomorrow .
5 Arriving in tltis self-proclaimed cultural centre of Australia , we had 30 minutes ' stopover while the big Australian National Railway diesels were uncoupled and a new pair attached for the journey to New South Wales .
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