Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [num ord] few minutes " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
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 . |