Example sentences of "a [adj] minute " in BNC.

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1 Lee Sharpe 's fourth goal in three games opened the way after seven minutes , Cantona rapped in a 45th minute penalty and Steve Bruce wrapped it up with an 88th minute header .
2 The ability to suggest — and then buy — a two-and-three-quarter minute spot at midday on Sunday for the chairperson of a hotel group to give a message to all the hotel staff on every ITV station simultaneously is an important part of a media person 's skills .
3 Staff at Guisborough 's Boots store are taking part in a 100- minute exercise charity ‘ aerobathon ’ at Darlington 's Dolphin Centre next Sunday to raise cash for the Royal Marsden Hospital Cancer Appeal .
4 No , I wa I was , er er I I was thinking anyway , that it was n't exactly like that , it 's more like a Forty Minutes type thing .
5 I mean , it 's quite , it 's about yeah , I do n't know , he said it 's about a forty minute walk or something .
6 In Rome a visitor can stand in front of a Baroque church , but a few minutes later , having walked only a short distance , may have plunged back in time to Antiquity .
7 It takes only a few minutes .
8 He and the housekeeper continued to converse for a few minutes and finally he said , ‘ Very well , Mrs Pettifer , sherry at six . ’
9 I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’
10 Look , I 'm going to be snarled up in another meeting in a few minutes .
11 I was silent for a moment , trying desperately hard to remember events that had happened only a few minutes earlier .
12 After a few minutes , my friend reappeared .
13 I 'll catch up with you again in a few minutes .
14 Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’
15 Although you may get ridiculously low because of pressing on too hard , when , a few minutes later , you are back in the good conditions several thousand feet up , you must forget the wasted time and concentrate on flying normally .
16 Trestles make it all so much easier and safer , and it is worth while having a second one so that everyone can relax for a few minutes if it is proving difficult to align both wings to get the main pins in place .
17 Ideally , you need a few minutes to settle comfortably before setting off , but if you have to rush you can usually blame yourself for not getting in before he cable or towplane arrives .
18 Inevitably they come straight down in a few minutes looking rather sheepish !
19 Moreover , it was but a few minutes walk from the Junior School ( Roslyn ) , and only a little further from the senior school ( Westmount High ) to which Esther and Leonard were duly sent .
20 ‘ Would you talk to me for a few minutes ? ’
21 ‘ Just for a few minutes .
22 After waiting a few minutes she collected the pictures from the slot outside the booth , put them in her bag without looking at them and hurried home .
23 He said , ‘ You 're down to lay the table in a few minutes . ’
24 ‘ There 's only a few minutes left , they 'll never … wait wait , Steven has it , he 's come from nowhere and yes , he 's going for a shot ! … ’
25 He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer .
26 A few minutes later and I was getting into the rescue ambulance for a short ride to the Belford Hospital in Fort William .
27 She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories .
28 DOZENS more East German refugees arrived outside the West German embassy yesterday seeking asylum and passage to the West , including some who missed by only a few minutes a train that took more than 800 of their compatriots to West Germany .
29 Happily he missed , tried the shot again a few minutes later , and middled it .
30 With full-back Ian Hunter not appearing Cumbria were in doubt about their line-up until a few minutes before kick-off , but showed no signs of uncertainty when the action began , winning a penalty from their first attack .
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