Example sentences of "[verb] in [art] [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | This takes time to begin with — lots of lovely sitting around going through the magazines again but , when needed , the index which is stored in a file can be looked up and the right magazine located in a few minutes . |
| 2 | Erm I ca n't tell you what time he 'll be home really erm well say in the twenty minutes he 's bound to be home cos he he 's been home and then he 's had to shoot out again , he 's gone to get the battery so he wo n't be long . |
| 3 | It entails a testing session to find the end point ( the first dilution of the extract that does not cause the wheal to increase in the 10 minutes after intradermal injection ) followed by prophylactic use of that dilution . |
| 4 | But how could I achieve in a few minutes what I had failed to accomplish after hours of trying ? |
| 5 | Chris Pike scored in the dying minutes of the game at Beazer Homes League club , Cambridge City . |
| 6 | But Brenda Howe and Bollington scored in the closing minutes to give Chemsford their first league point . |
| 7 | You know it will be your turn to talk in a few minutes , so you can put all your energy into listening rather than trying to spot a chance to throw in your contribution . |
| 8 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 9 | Fuelling stations incorporate ‘ fast fill ’ techniques , where fuelling can be accomplished in a few minutes . |
| 10 | She phoned for a taxi which arrived in a few minutes . |
| 11 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 12 | Two pints were swiftly downed in the 10 minutes remaining , helping to cool tempers and throw a more rosy glow over the day 's epic proceedings . |
| 13 | I felt quite bereft when the grave old man in his Orkney chair and the King in his Counting-house were bought in the closing minutes of the sale . |
| 14 | He was replaced in the closing minutes in Dublin by Rob Wainwright , who returns to the replacements ' bench . |
| 15 | You know in a few minutes . |
| 16 | I made him understand that he was to stay where he was and I would return in a few minutes with a tin of tobacco . |
| 17 | Cranleigh manager Roy Kelsey made a double substitution as Cranleigh battled to force extra time and they were almost rewarded in the final minutes , with Cann charging the ball down before the ever-dangerous Carpenter could place his shot . |
| 18 | He returned in a few minutes with a very wet and chastened Liam and the cortege was complete . |
| 19 | Shivering , she brushed a few drops of rain from her face , glad when Rune returned in a few minutes in the promised taxi . |
| 20 | It is absurd , every time we introduce another element of our policy , for him to leap on to the populist pitch and then , as he no doubt will in a few minutes ' time , find some detailed reasons for being opposed to it . |
| 21 | The hamstring pull which put Lydon out of the Test series was sustained in the closing minutes of a 50-4 win over Chorley . |
| 22 | But these batting efforts were overshadowed in the dying minutes , when David Lawrence suffered an horrific injury . |
| 23 | The sham feed produced a transient rise in gastric acid output that was most marked in the 30 minutes after feeding ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 24 | Pears was whisked off still wearing his goalkeeper 's jersey and limping heavily after being hurt in the final minutes . |
| 25 | In a political and administrative system as riddled with tradition as the British , the old model could , and probably will , be restored in the few minutes it takes a new prime minister to travel from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll leave in a few minutes and be with you in about half an hour . |
| 27 | The computer had located the catalogue , and it would arrive in a few minutes . |
| 28 | But it means a lifetime of problems have been cured in a few minutes . |
| 29 | But it means a lifetime of problems have been cured in a few minutes . |
| 30 | A sudden sickness and fatigue swamped her , and she felt incapable of facing the long , painful inquest that would start in a few minutes — incapable of sustaining any longer the intolerable labour of love . |