Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 2 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 3 | Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes . |
| 4 | 5 Return the turkey or chicken pieces to the pan and cook gently for a few minutes . |
| 5 | " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? " |
| 6 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 7 | Add the bacon and venison and cook quickly for a few minutes , stirring frequently , to seal the meat . |
| 8 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
| 9 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 10 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 11 | He drove on for a few minutes , the headlights cleaving a way through the darkness . |
| 12 | Add the ginger , garlic and Curry Powder , fry gently for a few minutes . |
| 13 | Rose drove silently for a few minutes . |
| 14 | Stop anywhere for a few minutes on a summer 's day and you are likely to end up as an unpaid extra in next year 's calendar or on a biscuit tin . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm going out for a few minutes . ’ |
| 16 | There is no trim , mixture , flaps , prop control or gyros to worry about , so with a final tug at the harness , one can only glare balefully at the JAP again , decide that it has kept going thus far and may therefore be relied upon to continue doing so for a few minutes longer , and prepare to commit aviation . |
| 17 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |
| 18 | Gannets and fulmars appeared out of the mist , flew alongside for a few minutes and disappeared again . |
| 19 | A dreadful pregnancy or birth that produces a healthy baby can make it difficult for a mother to allow her baby to cry even for a few minutes . |
| 20 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
| 21 | To the Frenchmen behind , they must look like a couple of young lovers — youngish , anyway — who had stepped outside for a few minutes to admire the sights . |
| 22 | You thrash around for a few minutes , trying not to breathe , but you have to inhale sometimes . ’ |
| 23 | I struggled manfully for a few minutes , neatly nicking Ann 's fishing hat off , which we had to row after to recover ; catching Alan 's flies , on a back cast , and finally managing to get floss and line mixed up in an unbelievably intricate tangle . |
| 24 | Stay there for a few minutes and you will begin to experience one of several sensations : it may be a slight breeze , or perhaps a tingling sensation , heat ( especially in the palms ) , static or even a magnetic pull . |
| 25 | The 5 sins were such things as letting his Bible fall by accident , jumping about for a few minutes on the sabbath , forgetting that it was Sunday , and hesitating to lend his sister a book which she asked him for . ' |
| 26 | Rose begged him to think of a plan , and the doctor thought hard for a few minutes , frowning fiercely . |
| 27 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 28 | Even so , it was not unusual for friends and kinsmen to drop in for a few minutes , an hour , to see the news or a comedy . |
| 29 | They scream in horrifying agony , and thick gouts of blood spray over anyone in the area as the meats fly with a squelch into roasting-trays on the tables , where they flop about for a few minutes like dying animals . |
| 30 | Cream conditioners are massaged onto hair , left on for a few minutes , then rinsed off . |