Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] minutes " in BNC.

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1 When the maid woke her she sat up in bed and said , ‘ Ask Sir Stephen if he can spare me a few minutes . ’
2 But Bodie softened his voice , teased Liz mercilessly , until she agreed to meet him a few minutes later , to be taken to Linda Stone 's school .
3 okay Right you mentioned it a few minutes ago you suggested that this thing was formed .
4 I weighed it a few minutes later and was delighted , to say the least , when it pulled the needle round to 10lb 3oz .
5 When police found it a few minutes later they looked inside expecting to find the baby but the back seat was empty .
6 just told me a few minutes ago !
7 I 'm sorry to intrude on you at this hour , but if you can give me a few minutes of your time you may be able to help me , and I 'll be very much obliged . ’
8 I 'll give you a few minutes to revise , then er , we can see if the er lesson Does anyone know what time the coffee break is er ?
9 I 'll give you a few minutes again just to consider these questions .
10 Would Sue ( she hardly knew her , after all , had only met her a few minutes ago ) really let her share the little bubble of love that sealed her and Pete up together and away from the rest of the world ?
11 ‘ You 're a genius Lissa , ’ Adam told her a few minutes later .
12 If she had the nerve , the sheer bloody brass neck , to do that , then maybe he 'd give her a few minutes .
13 There 's all sorts of accidents not only having the computer switched off , you might accidentally mess the file up or erase it or whatever , er , you 've still got the original copy on the disk so if you keep saving it every ten minutes or so , then you always lose more than ten minutes ' work .
14 We 've had a couple of stoppages in the first half , not the sort that will give us the nine minutes of added time we had at Highbury on Saturday , but certainly a minute or two this evening .
15 ‘ He is fully committed for several weeks ahead , but he could spare you a few minutes at the end of his list one day . ’
16 Well that was the question that Mr asked you a few minutes ago was n't it , er Mr ?
17 ‘ Well , give me a few minutes , ’ Mark said , ‘ and I 'll ring the Prime Minister 's office in Istanbul , to see if they 'll agree to a short postponement . ’
18 ‘ Yes … be all right … terrible pain … give me a few minutes … be OK . ’
19 Just give me a few minutes , will you ? ’
20 Give me a few minutes to clean up and we 'll go to the Swan Inn . ’
21 Just give me a few minutes while I get dressed and I shall be ready to go with you .
22 He joined her a few minutes later carrying her drink and a glass of lager for himself .
23 Inspector Montgomery asks if you would be kind enough to step into the library when you 've finished your coffee , and give him a few minutes of your time . ’
24 It save it every nine minutes or something , it 's got a backup save , you know on the
25 Dacourt joined us a few minutes later , his white moustache bristling with importance , his face a little more puce .
26 ‘ Well , you 'll have to give me a few minutes to get myself ready .
27 ‘ He was kind enough to give me a few minutes after Evensong yesterday . ’
28 She thanked me every five minutes or so until we 'd finished .
29 And to be fair to you I 'm again going to give you a few minutes to talk about that , not quite as long as the other time , then I 'll ask you to jot a couple of things down as well as , so I 'm just telling you in advance .
30 If we were sitting in a room and someone came in talking or making a noise , Dawn would panic and it would take me a few minutes to calm her down .
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