Example sentences of "[noun] in a [adj] minutes [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 2 | I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’ |
| 3 | I I can give you an accurate price in a few minutes but roughly you 'd pay about five pounds more |
| 4 | It was always disappointing to sight the Land Rover and anticipate being in camp in a few minutes and then have an hour to walk . |
| 5 | It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below . |
| 6 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |
| 7 | each , each time you pulled a handle it did one job and er could n't tell you really now what it was , you know but er you 'd pull the five handles in a few minutes and the damn thing was done . |