Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [det] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't noticed Reg writing much for the past few minutes , though . |
| 2 | For the past few minutes she had not really been paying much attention to the direction and she looked round worriedly . |
| 3 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |
| 4 | While she stood staring at it , breathing heavily and conscious that if anyone had made a fool of herself during the past few minutes it was Melissa Craig , the phone began to ring again . |
| 5 | She must be losing her marbles , because she 'd absolutely no recollection of what had been happening during the past few minutes … ! |
| 6 | After a good few minutes , I shattered this silence by asking what we should do . |
| 7 | As the Minister who represents the area containing Wandsworth prison , may I suggest to the Minister that if the exchanges of the past few minutes were conveyed to BBC television 's ’ Yes Minister ’ they might indeed help to revive the Government 's fortunes ? |
| 8 | their , their supply routes are n't as well defined as ours , but they 've got shear weight of numbers , see , I 'm af , I 'm afraid , I could be a fucking karate black belt or something right , so one on one against you I would n't have a problem , but if you went and got fucking thirty of your mates I would have a problem , I maybe able to hold you off for a fucking few minutes or something or if you could either contact , maybe a few months or years or something , but they will win |
| 9 | A superb trout hooked itself firmly and during a breathtaking few minutes gave a spectacular display and a wonderful fight . |
| 10 | It was doubly ironic for Coventry who in the previous few minutes had attacked with more conviction than at any time throughout the game . |
| 11 | The extraordinary thing about the tenor of the right hon. Gentleman 's speech in the past few minutes is that once again he seeks to make out that this is not a very important problem and that we can push it away . |
| 12 | She had n't been keeping track of the conversation , but he seemed to have pulled himself together over the past few minutes . |
| 13 | In the Howk , an eerie limestone gorge reached by a pleasant few minutes ' walk from the southern corner of the village green , is the threadbare ruin of a bobbin mill . |