Example sentences of "[pron] [be] a [adj] minutes " in BNC.

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1 I 'm a few minutes
2 We 're a few minutes early … ’
3 There are a few minutes , perhaps not more than three or four , when I exist in a bewildering storm of hope , joy , incomprehen-sion and dread , when they do n't find the body at the bottom of the shaft .
4 Do n't you remember look if there were a hundred minutes in an hour that would be two point one two , but there 's not a hundred minutes in an hour are there ?
5 If we were lucky , there were a few minutes in the evening when the wind dropped , the dust storm subsided , and we could brave the mosquitoes and wash the corrosive dust from our bodies .
6 There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food .
7 It 's a 90 minutes game , ’ pointed out veteran George McCluskey .
8 It 's a 90 minutes game , ’ pointed out veteran George McCluskey .
9 It was a few minutes after Allen recovered his bow that Friar Tuck and Simon the Trapper arrived at the tree .
10 Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present .
11 ‘ He thinks it was a few minutes after six . ’
12 Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her .
13 He knew the time because they had arranged to meet on the hour but he was a few minutes late and she was waiting .
14 He was a few minutes early .
15 I tell them to take their time ; it is hoped that the dog will be with them for the next ten years or more — what are a few minutes ?
16 ‘ I 'm sure Mervyn wo n't mind us being a few minutes late , and for such a good cause , ’ said John earnestly .
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