Example sentences of "[verb] in [art] few 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 | But how could I achieve in a few minutes what I had failed to accomplish after hours of trying ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 5 | Fuelling stations incorporate ‘ fast fill ’ techniques , where fuelling can be accomplished in a few minutes . |
| 6 | She phoned for a taxi which arrived in a few minutes . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | You know in a few minutes . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He returned in a few minutes with a very wet and chastened Liam and the cortege was complete . |
| 11 | Shivering , she brushed a few drops of rain from her face , glad when Rune returned in a few minutes in the promised taxi . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll leave in a few minutes and be with you in about half an hour . |
| 15 | The computer had located the catalogue , and it would arrive in a few minutes . |
| 16 | But it means a lifetime of problems have been cured in a few minutes . |
| 17 | But it means a lifetime of problems have been cured in a few minutes . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 20 | This part of the conversation has been wiped off , it 'll continue in a few minutes . |
| 21 | He would be coming round to collect in a few minutes ' time . |