Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [prep] a few minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just listen to a copper sit there and talk rubbish for a few minutes . |
| 2 | After standing silently looking up at the Brooklyn sky for a few minutes , and reciting a poem , she then jumped back into the car . |
| 3 | If I feel that a particular patient is suffering from extreme tension and finds it difficult to relax , then I may suggest that , during the two weeks following the regression session , he simply practises a basic relaxation exercise for a few minutes a day . |
| 4 | ‘ We are going to arrive at Port au Prince airport in a few minutes . |
| 5 | She rummaged about in her brown paper carrier-bag for a few minutes more . |
| 6 | A murder trial jury has been told that a teenager who was left in charge of a baby girl for a few minutes killed the child by picking her up and smashing her head against a wall . |
| 7 | Leave to cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes , then transfer to a wire rack to cool . |
| 8 | She spoke with Lord Furness for a few minutes , and then Lady Furness brought her over to see me . |
| 9 | He examined whether a mispricing triggered index arbitrage transactions within a few minutes . |
| 10 | It 's a good idea to run your central heating pump for a few minutes a week in summer to prevent it from seizing up when the system is not in use . |
| 11 | After release the pigeon circles a few times around the release site for a few minutes and then flies off , usually in the approximate direction of its home loft . |
| 12 | We hope to rejoin Nick Harris in a few minutes , we hope he 's able to speak with manager , Brian Horton or perhaps one or two of the players . |
| 13 | Journalists can digest a story from a good press release in a few minutes , while attending a press conference is going to take an hour , not including travelling time . |
| 14 | For index futures there is clear evidence that the futures price leads the spot price by a few minutes , while for lags of a day the evidence is much weaker . |
| 15 | Harris ( 1989a ) and Moriarty , Gordon , Kuserk and Wang ( 1990 ) studied the basis of the S&P500 during the crash and also found that the large negative basis was substantially reduced when allowance was made for stale prices , and that the futures price led the spot price by a few minutes ( even after allowing for the stale prices effect ) . |
| 16 | Among other things , it was found that index futures prices lead spot prices by a few minutes in the USA . |
| 17 | He has to leave for an important luncheon party in a few minutes . ’ |
| 18 | They found that , for each index , the futures market led the spot market by a few minutes . |