Example sentences of "[verb] for a few minute " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ten a.m. , 24th July ; just finished breakfast with the mortar team and relaxing for a few minutes over a mug of hot tea discussing the number of casualties after the heavy shelling last night . |
| 32 | I was on time but kept waiting for a few minutes so that the assembled Health Authority Chairmen and administrators could pass a motion condemning the Government 's offer as divisive . |
| 33 | On waking , try staying in bed on waking for a few minutes and let your mind try to recall . |
| 34 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 35 | If travelling in a car , you might stop for a few minutes as a penalty , refusing to speak to the child until he behaves . |
| 36 | He stood without moving for a few minutes and then he put out the light . |
| 37 | She laughed , and we talked for a few minutes longer . |
| 38 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |
| 39 | When she had left the bedroom he heard her feet scurrying for a few minutes , then the door slammed . |
| 40 | Pink and blue drifted away , leaving green to chat for a few minutes — ‘ I jest lerved those cute red heels and hose you 'rived in ’ — before escorting me back to the changing room on the floor above . |
| 41 | That would be her neighbour wanting to chat for a few minutes . |
| 42 | Blend for a few minutes until light and fluffy . |
| 43 | Allow to rest for a few minutes then roll , on a lightly floured board , into rounds 5–6ins/12–15cm in diameter . |
| 44 | It should also help if you leave the paper to rest for a few minutes before stretching with gum strip . |
| 45 | This would force some leading figures , like Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , to fight for a few minutes ' speaking time from the floor — or keep quiet . |
| 46 | Trestles make it all so much easier and safer , and it is worth while having a second one so that everyone can relax for a few minutes if it is proving difficult to align both wings to get the main pins in place . |
| 47 | Georgina chatted for a few minutes about the qualities she considered desirable in a secretary ; she even asked Celia 's opinion . |
| 48 | On the telephone , I was greeted with a very friendly and hearty ‘ Well … well … well ! ’ and we chatted for a few minutes as if there had been no break in our contact . |
| 49 | They chatted for a few minutes but Treloar had nothing more to say . |
| 50 | The Collector sat on his heels by the edge of the pit and watched for a few minutes before continuing on his way . |
| 51 | ‘ I just wandered around and watched for a few minutes , to see how things were done , ’ she said over her shoulder , stowing a small block of fresh Parmesan in an airtight container before putting it in the fridge . |
| 52 | Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead . |
| 53 | She wanted to shower , to change , to relax for a few minutes . |
| 54 | Early one pre-Sale morning a stranger silently passed two sorters working in the vestibule , went for a few minutes into the Church , which happened at eh time to be empty of all nut noods , and then said to them as he walked out ‘ You 've made that Church live . ’ |
| 55 | I do n't mind if he reads for a few minutes but that 's it . |
| 56 | The starts of Flatliners ( 15 ) — including off-screen lovers Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland — find a way to die for a few minutes just to see what life is like ‘ on the other side ’ . |
| 57 | The time was after eleven and he was tired but he could never sleep without reading for a few minutes at least . |
| 58 | Add the rice and saffron and sauté for a few minutes with the onion until opaque . |
| 59 | Sauté for a few minutes . |
| 60 | Then I realized that we kept returning to the same place and stopping for a few minutes , before moving off again around a similar route . |