Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [num ord] few minutes " in BNC.

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1 Do n't wait until the last few minutes ; it may be too late .
2 With the crews overlapping until the last few minutes of the 4¼-mile race , it had been a gruelling test for all .
3 Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes .
4 What the hell do you think I 've been talkin' about the last few minutes ?
5 What you will think of it , I suspect , depends on your zodiac sign or whether you blubbed through the last few minutes of Peter Weir 's Dead Poets Society .
6 It is not always possible to answer post by return , or to return telephone calls within the next few minutes .
7 His only concern right now was to board the Berne-bound goods train within the next few minutes .
8 Because what you choose to do in the next few minutes could decide whether a child will live or die .
9 There is a summary , your proof , your appendices , there 's a letter dated the fourth of February from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust , there is a special statement , and last , and only just received in the last few minutes , there is a supplementary note by Doctor on the Greater Crested Newt and its importance in relation to Skelton Pond .
10 Some kind of crisis had developed in the last few minutes , and she did n't know why she felt afraid .
11 The tackle he made in the first few minutes when Giggs was straight through on Beeny must be enough to get him Young Player of the Year .
12 We 've just heard in the last few minutes that the application for that hotel to be listed has been turned down .
13 Neither man had spoken for the last few minutes .
14 His life depended on the next few minutes .
15 Finally , proceed in the last few minutes to the last two of the seven stages — IL and E.
16 William realised he would have to handle the unloading alone if the van did not arrive in the next few minutes .
17 The House should listen to what the Minister has to say in the last few minutes of the debate .
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