Example sentences of "[art] few minutes at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | So that few minutes at the end is important for picking up these extra marks you 've been trying to throw away , okay , where you can do it , and the few minutes at the beginning is to look through and find that question wherever it was , that one on the last page . |
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 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Zounds ! — I 'd like a few minutes at the bottom of her ! |
10 | It is exceptionally ironic still to find children in a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the modern world , condemned to drone away in their music lessons over nineteenth-century hymn tunes , with dancing relegated to a few minutes at the conclusion of the physical education lessons . |
11 | With our all-purpose Lloyds bankcard ( Visa/cashcard/ cheque guarantee card ) we were able to obtain up to our daily maximum limit on any one day , in US$ , within a few minutes at the bank . |
12 | ‘ He is fully committed for several weeks ahead , but he could spare you a few minutes at the end of his list one day . ’ |
13 | I heard the match on radio 5 an all , although CEEFAX said the ko was 8.00 so I missed a few minutes at the start . |