Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [adj] minutes [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If using ordinary rollers , aid the process by switching your hairdryer on to the cold setting and whizz over hair for a few minutes before unwinding the rollers . |
| 2 | Outside the wind grew even more savage and we cut short the one doomed attempt to raise the tent , retreating to the truck for a few minutes of poor slumber . |
| 3 | They sat in the car for a few minutes without speaking . |
| 4 | The results suggested that the half-life of these complexes was short , in the range of a few minutes for P A2b and of 10–20 seconds for P A3 , since the DNA-strand opening was undetectable at both promoters after a 10 minutes challenge and , in the case of P A3 , considerably reduced after a 15 seconds challenge ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 5 | The body needs to be brushed once a day for a few minutes before your morning bath or shower ( twice if you have cellulite ) . |
| 6 | Chop and add to casseroles or steep in boiling water for a few minutes before adding to salads . |
| 7 | At five o'clock in the morning Ada Neumann would have been in her kitchen , simmering the dozens of doughnut-shaped rolls in hot water for a few minutes before baking them in the oven , glazing them with egg-white and then showering them with sesame seeds . |
| 8 | However , there was a delay of a few minutes from the start of the experiment before the chicks ate their first camouflaged rice grains . |
| 9 | The occasional guard braved the discomfort for a few minutes before retiring to the cool of the corridors . |
| 10 | I showered and then decided to lie in a hot bath for a few minutes with a cup of tea at my elbow and the latest Kingsley Amis in front of my face . |
| 11 | Sarella lay fuming in bed for a few minutes before flinging back the duvet and running to the window . |
| 12 | Working people and shoppers here have as much right to sit in the sunshine at lunchtime for a few minutes as their counterparts elsewhere in the country . |
| 13 | The Chief Constable must have called in the Yard within a few minutes of getting the news . |
| 14 | Among other things , it was found that index futures prices lead spot prices by a few minutes in the USA . |
| 15 | I picked up the file and stood with it in my hands for a few minutes before deciding whether to examine its contents . |
| 16 | Tostada shells may be served with this soup ; they are flat fried tortilla pancakes which require heating in a moderate oven for a few minutes before serving . |
| 17 | On the other , there could be two more or less independent processes occurring in parallel , such that there were transient changes in the electrical properties and responsiveness of one set of neurons which could ‘ code for ’ the memory for a few minutes before gradually fading away . |
| 18 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I can knock fifty thousand miles off the clock in a few minutes with my high-speed electric drill . |
| 21 | This striking result led to further investigations , and it was noticed that one drop of the diluted nasal mucus added to 1 c.c. of a thick suspension of the cocci caused their complete disappearance in a few minutes at 37°C . |
| 22 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |