Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] minutes [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 12 of the 16 cases , fresh tissue specimens were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen after 30 minutes ' incubation in gum sucrose for immunohistological studies . |
| 2 | After some minutes ' browsing , Bragg threw a document over to Morton . |
| 3 | You just feel United what , were two nil down after fourteen minutes erm things really could have gone so badly for them , but they held firm , they got back into the game and full credit to all of them . |
| 4 | The hearty Sydneysider Whitney , 33 on Feb 24 , was called up after 80 minutes ' play , and never looked back after disposing of Srikkanth with his third ball : the remaining wickets tumbled as India 's batting fell apart . |
| 5 | DI Russell was too amicable to take offence and , after ten minutes ' conversation and a drink , the three slipped into the easy amity of fellow professionals , exchanging grumbles and gossip . |
| 6 | After fifteen minutes ' work he had found nothing of interest . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's about all I can do here , ’ he grumbled , after twenty minutes ' work . |
| 8 | At each visit blood pressure was recorded twice after five minutes ' lying down , a radial pulse being measured between readings , and blood pressure and radial pulse were recorded after two minutes ' standing . |
| 9 | After 20 minutes ' rest baseline heart rate , QT interval , tremor amplitude , FEV 1 , and plasma potassium and creatine kinase myocardial isoenzyme concentrations were measured . |
| 10 | 2 passages will be dictated at each speed — one of 3 minutes and one of 2 minutes ' duration . |
| 11 | The readings were taken on the right arm of the seated subject after a minimum of 10 minutes ' rest . |
| 12 | duplicating VHS PAL copies from a 1″ master of 150 minutes ' duration , |
| 13 | The foreman had naturally hit the roof over the loss of thirty minutes ' production , which would pull down his departmental output and efficiency target and had roundly reprimanded the shop steward for taking such unauthorised action without first bringing the alleged safety hazard to his attention , in line with normal company standard practice . |
| 14 | By the time Charlie and Tommy climbed through the ropes , Tommy had made it clear to his friend that he hoped to get away with three minutes ' shadow-boxing . |
| 15 | Each training session should begin with 5 minutes ' stretching , 5 minutes ' skipping and a 15-second circuit of the fitness determination routine ( see page 8 ) . |
| 16 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 17 | We started house-hunting and found the perfect place on a new rural estate within ten minutes ' drive of the café . |
| 18 | Indeed , an international survey of old people in Britain , Denmark , and the United States in the 1960s found over 40 per cent of them living within ten minutes ' journey of their children in all three countries . |
| 19 | Maybe he would n't be bringing the certificate today , but then again in ten minutes ' time Sampson could be on his way down to the police station with an open envelope . |
| 20 | She had been intending to go in five minutes ' time , when she had drunk her cup of weak tea . |
| 21 | In fifteen minutes ' time , she told herself sternly . |
| 22 | Mark : I ca n't say that to the same extent , but where I live at the moment I know a lot of people within five minutes ' walk and there are ten or fifteen gay people I know who live locally ; there are people I can visit without any great effort whatsoever , whom I 'm likely to meet in the shops . |
| 23 | It has two bedrooms , a kitchen , a bath and inside lavatory , and one living room , and is within five minutes ' walk of the shops . |
| 24 | The National Library of Scotland is within five minutes ' walk , and the Main Library of the University not much further . |
| 25 | That 's what we 'll be attempting to find out in twenty minutes ' time . |
| 26 | However , when the personal thefts were restricted to those which occurred within 15 minutes ' walk of the victim 's home , unemployment was again a statistically significant factor . |
| 27 | He drew the nut grove in the Lamonts ' garden and the surrounding countryside , especially the view over the Weald found within two minutes ' walk from their house . |
| 28 | Once ready , you 'll have enough steam power for up to 50 minutes ' worth of cleaning . |
| 29 | They were assisted by the referee , Clive Norling , who added on nine minutes ' injury time despite the lack of an injury stoppage worth the name . |
| 30 | Our responses to Five Minutes ' Peace are more at odds . |