Example sentences of "[adj] minutes [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He checked his watch ; fifty-five minutes from the time he had replaced the phone in Mr Patel 's fruit store . |
| 2 | Although Frankie had been dozing , he was too hungry to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 3 | Now , for just a few minutes at a time , focus on this image — and stir in desire . |
| 4 | TOWARDS the end of her life my mother was in hospital , a victim of Alzheimer 's Disease , a severe diabetic , unable to walk and increasingly unable to remain conscious for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 5 | These played for only a few minutes at a time . |
| 6 | But within a few days , all her mother 's youth and vigour were gone and the energetic , independent woman whose health and dependability she had taken for granted for so long had turned into a helpless invalid , unable to hold down the thinnest gruel , unable to sleep more than a few minutes at a time , unable even to answer the calls of nature on her own , so that she had to be lifted like a child onto the pot and lifted back into the jumble of stinking bedclothes . |
| 7 | All she knew was that she was cold and hungry and thirsty , that she had not slept for more than few minutes at a time and that all her thoughts were with Tristram . |
| 8 | A breathless , pervasive sense of heat possessed her body at every return of the memory and she was unable to remain settled and at ease in her seat for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 9 | He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries . |
| 10 | There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed . |
| 11 | - People start using the curious phrase ‘ Indian Summer ’ if the sun stays out for more than 10 minutes at a time . |
| 12 | Most men take less than six minutes from the time of entry to the time they ejaculate . |
| 13 | Classic FM , a consortium led by GWR Group , a local radio-station owner , plans to offer ‘ classical music in a pop format , ie , no more than 45 minutes at a time ’ . |
| 14 | At the end of one week she discovered that he rocked , on average , for 45 minutes at a time . |
| 15 | She told of one man who was harangued for ninety minutes at a time until he had a nervous breakdown and quit . |
| 16 | Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs . |
| 17 | Ipswich have used the new rolling substitutes rule to their advantage this season but it often means that the first choice players are only off the pitch for five or ten minutes at a time . |
| 18 | Part of her emotional training included learning to sit unblinking in a chair for ten minutes at a time . |
| 19 | How can I get them doing any more interesting work if they ca n't concentrate for more than ten minutes at a time ? |
| 20 | ‘ The air ambulance can go anywhere in Cornwall and is on the scene in nine minutes from the time of getting the 999 call , on average , ’ he says . |
| 21 | As long as the specimen has an accessible surface that is greater than about 2 cm in diameter and is unattacked by a suitable coupling liquid , the method will yield all the moduli together with Poisson 's ratio in five minutes plus the time taken to do the required calculations . |
| 22 | The emergency services say it could cut vital minutes from the time it takes to respond to a call . |
| 23 | Young had spent all day here , moseying between the three-room Mayfair hotel suite , talking for 40 minutes at a time to every journalist lined up to see him . |
| 24 | Freezers and immersion heaters will be switched off for no more than 15 minutes at a time during peak-load periods . |
| 25 | Despite what the hon. Gentleman has said , from which I do not dissent , the fact is that only 15 minutes of the time that the Prime Minister chaired the summit of the Group of Seven countries was spent on the environment . |
| 26 | That means reporting to the receptionist about 15 minutes before the time of your interview . |
| 27 | ‘ Because I 'm a flibbertigibbet Gemini , unable to settle to any one thing for longer than two minutes at a time , ’ Candy returned comfortably , ‘ whereas you , my darling Rory , are a luxury-loving Leo . ’ |
| 28 | That she 'd lost the ability to concentrate on anything longer than two minutes at a time ? |
| 29 | Now , if you had an opportunity of glancing at the leaflet already you will have seen that the leader for this July 's er , weekend is is Mr Henry and , I do n't think I can do any better than to spend two minutes of the time that we 've got in asking Henry if he would say a word or two of introduction to the theme for this year . |
| 30 | The same player scored number three after sixty seven minutes , Palace scored a consolation goal four minutes from the time through Wright . |