Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] [adj] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
| 2 | Mike said nothing for a few minutes . |
| 3 | ‘ Would you talk to me for a few minutes ? ’ |
| 4 | Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes , and gave up in resignation . |
| 5 | It could also mean ‘ Will you talk to me for a few minutes , I feel sad . ’ |
| 6 | Sister said she had no work for me for a few minutes , so I could direct traffic for her whilst she had a few words with Dr Jones . |
| 7 | ‘ That is , if you do n't mind being in the same room as me for a few minutes ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Then there 's no reason why you should n't come and sit with me for a few minutes . |
| 9 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 10 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 11 | ‘ You can tell if their attitude 's right just by talking to them for a few minutes , ’ he says . |
| 12 | If I could just talk to someone for a few minutes . |
| 13 | Advantages : An agency can usually find you someone at the last minute . |
| 14 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
| 15 | He did not know of it , a thought which after a few minutes occurred to Wainfleet when Wickham encountered him in the pub . |
| 16 | " He 'll tell it himself in a few minutes . |
| 17 | Mills kicked himself in the 13th minute when he missed from two yards . |
| 18 | DEC president Bob Palmer , who was supposed to grace this week 's gathering with his presence — see front page — absented himself at the last minute . |
| 19 | Now I will leave you for a few minutes . |
| 20 | ‘ See you in a few minutes , Ben , ’ she said smiling . |
| 21 | She 'll bring it to you in a few minutes and it 'll help you keep your strength . ’ |
| 22 | I 'll be with you in a few minutes . |
| 23 | See you in a few minutes . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If someone does n't help you in a few minutes you will die . ’ |
| 25 | I 'll be with you in a few minutes , ’ and he whipped up his coat from among a stack of luggage and instruments lying in the hall , and taking her by the arm he hurried her through the kitchen . |
| 26 | You see towards the bottom er we pose a few questions there , I 'm going to ask you in a few minutes to introduce yourselves and to say what what sort of presentations you make at the moment . |
| 27 | The heroine has escaped and alerted the police , who at the last minute burst in and save our hero from a fate worse than death . |
| 28 | They ca n't gazump you at the last minute cos it makes |
| 29 | If lightning did strike me in the same minute , it would be treated as a miracle . |
| 30 | We rattled them from the first minute and did n't give them any breathing space . |