Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] [num] minutes " in BNC.
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1 | It was in the FA Cup 1st Round tie at The Nest against first division opponents Manchester City and it came five minutes after half-time to put us ahead ; we went on to win 2–0 . |
2 | The Whitehall switchboard was a model of inefficiency as usual , and it took twelve minutes to try the various rooms and people who might know . |
3 | But it took 10 minutes to haul her out and attempts to revive her failed . |
4 | A wizened butler opened the door to Topaz , but it took five minutes of heated argument before she was allowed to step over the threshold of Stone Towers . |
5 | The incident last weekend happened just a few hundred yards from Bishop Auckland ambulance station , but it took 25 minutes for a vehicle to arrive from Durham City 12 miles away . |
6 | ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life . |
7 | He dispatched a police patrol car , but when it arrived 16 minutes later the telephone was swinging on the end of its cord . |