Example sentences of "[noun] for a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 31 | At five o'clock in the morning Ada Neumann would have been in her kitchen , simmering the dozens of doughnut-shaped rolls in hot water for a few minutes before baking them in the oven , glazing them with egg-white and then showering them with sesame seeds . |
| 32 | The bark starts them all off and they howl at the moon for a few minutes . |
| 33 | it sort of played about two or three minutes of music and then it went crrrkkkkkk for a few minutes , that 's why I kept hitting it . |
| 34 | Elinor said , ‘ I saw Sam for a few minutes , darling . |
| 35 | Andrew Beattie was allowed a visit by his wife for a few minutes around half-past one and for the first time he learned that no strike organisers had been arrested other than in the Rathcoole district . |
| 36 | In business they conferred with each other for a few minutes and then made their offer . |
| 37 | We stood eyeing each other for a few minutes and then to my amazement a jeep came up ; the farmer saw my problem and not only gave me a lift past the bull but took me right to the main road where the bike was . |
| 38 | The occasional guard braved the discomfort for a few minutes before retiring to the cool of the corridors . |
| 39 | ‘ We 'll never find her , ’ he told the girl , Anne , ‘ let's just hang about out of earshot for a few minutes and go back . ’ |
| 40 | When the smoke really thins out , thin blue smoke , rap on it , give the whole tin a shake and it 'll suddenly burst into thick smoke for a few minutes and it may do that again for a second time . |
| 41 | I showered and then decided to lie in a hot bath for a few minutes with a cup of tea at my elbow and the latest Kingsley Amis in front of my face . |
| 42 | Albert Popple stared at the small creature for a few minutes and marvelled at its capacity to kill . |
| 43 | Just listen to a copper sit there and talk rubbish for a few minutes . |
| 44 | So I lay in the dinghy for a few minutes , to recover myself , and think . |
| 45 | But if there is someone else waiting with you , and you feel shy doing some of the more noticeable ones , disappear to the cloakroom for a few minutes and do them there . |
| 46 | " It is a bit ; will you open the back door for a few minutes and let in a breath of air ? " |
| 47 | The bathroom 's a bit chilly but once you 've put that heater on and shut the door for a few minutes it 's |
| 48 | On an outcrop of rock , Kitty Dawson looked down on the valley for a few minutes . |
| 49 | After standing silently looking up at the Brooklyn sky for a few minutes , and reciting a poem , she then jumped back into the car . |
| 50 | But they admit that these babies had not achieved complete and independent toileting as they could only hold on to their eliminations for a few minutes and needed help to undress and get on the potty . |
| 51 | The stew is made first by first stir-frying onions , garlic and squid for a few minutes , and then adding tomatoes , tomato purée and wine . |
| 52 | He went out with Naomi for a few minutes and then it was my turn for a little chat . |
| 53 | Erm , I understand that you are willing to answer questions from the floor for a few minutes . |
| 54 | The Prime Minister changed the subject for a few minutes and then agreed . |
| 55 | Inside her room , Mildred decided to get into bed for a few minutes to warm up . |
| 56 | She sat on the edge of her bed for a few minutes , digging dirt from under her nails . |
| 57 | I went into my own bedroom and sat on the bed for a few minutes . |
| 58 | Sarella lay fuming in bed for a few minutes before flinging back the duvet and running to the window . |
| 59 | This is merely likely to reinforce this response to travelling Instead , stop the car at a suitable spot and walk away out of sight for a few minutes . |
| 60 | Working people and shoppers here have as much right to sit in the sunshine at lunchtime for a few minutes as their counterparts elsewhere in the country . |