Example sentences of "[verb] only a few minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | White Doves is a Victorian terraced house situated only a few minutes from the famous Minster , in a quiet cul-de-sac . |
| 2 | There must be very few bird reserves situated only a few minutes ' walk from the centre of a town which turn out to be as rewarding as Radipole Lake , another RSPB reserve . |
| 3 | Scratches made only a few minutes before . |
| 4 | In total , Pippin and PJ spent only a few minutes under the lights and had a lots of praise and Bonios afterwards . |
| 5 | I 'd expected to last only a few minutes before my first ducking but the gentle wind was perfect for getting used to the moves . |
| 6 | It takes only a few minutes . |
| 7 | If the skin is healthy , it takes only a few minutes for the molecules to be absorbed ; much longer if the skin is congested or if there is much subcutaneous fat . |
| 8 | It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach . |
| 9 | This takes only a few minutes and should be done every few days . |
| 10 | It takes only a few minutes to carry out this simple exercise , but it will greatly improve your ability to recognise genuinely lost coins when your search head passes over them . |
| 11 | Competitions vary but normally last only a few minutes . |
| 12 | The following exercise would take only a few minutes every day . |
| 13 | It would take only a few minutes to open a door , search out the riding boots and pour a little mercury over each spur . ’ |
| 14 | Tidying your Windows Program Manager will take only a few minutes and might save hours of frustration in the future . |
| 15 | The pack emphasises that , for most smaller employers , assessments need take only a few minutes ' observation and the use of common sense . |
| 16 | The descent took only a few minutes , but then the man had to make a laborious return journey with the empty sledge , which might take half an hour . |
| 17 | It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings . |
| 18 | It took only a few minutes for the Doctor to break down and analyse the strangely oily powder , using the lateral molecular rectifier to be absolutely certain . |
| 19 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 20 | The map shown in Figure 4.1 took only a few minutes to produce , and is easily amended and redrawn . |
| 21 | Coventry is the home of several major attractions including the world famous Museum of British Road Transport located only a few minutes drive away near the city centre . |
| 22 | Moeri 's original procedure , of adding the chemicals to the second vat , would however have taken only a few minutes and would have left the reaction in no condition to explode . |
| 23 | There had been no problem in finding a matching replacement for the cut piece ; a hardware shop in Inverness had supplied it , and it had taken only a few minutes to fit . |
| 24 | I was silent for a moment , trying desperately hard to remember events that had happened only a few minutes earlier . |
| 25 | Doors normally open half an hour before a concert or performance of a play but , when there are two evening performances , spectators may be admitted only a few minutes before the second performance . |
| 26 | One point to remember , incidentally , is that in those days all recordings were played at 78 rpm , so each side ran only a few minutes . |
| 27 | A warning was given but residents had only a few minutes to get out before the blast rocked their houses . |
| 28 | Each individual hearing lasted only a few minutes and none of the accused was allowed legal representation . |
| 29 | He was not allowed legal representation and the proceedings , held in camera , reportedly lasted only a few minutes . |
| 30 | A short downpour drenched us , but it lasted only a few minutes . |