Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [art] few minutes " in BNC.

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1 In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat !
2 A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave .
3 More typically , the individual child stands at the teacher 's desk , muttering or stentoriously chanting for a few minutes , until checked by the ticking of a card which is slipped into the reading book at the page he or she has reached , or is expected to reach " by next time " .
4 In the absence of heterogeneous nucleation or granule coalescence , and ensemble of 0.25-µm granules should have a crystallization half-life of more than 1,000 yr at 30 °C , whereas bulk samples of the polymer quenched to 30 °C from the melt typically crystallize within a few minutes .
5 Then either leave to rehydrate , then eat or alternatively cook for a few minutes before eating .
6 Add a cinnamon stick or a few slices of fresh root ginger , then simmer for a few minutes — check it has a good flavour , then remove the spices and add 450g/1lb chopped rhubarb .
7 Rachel groaned as her alarm sounded the following Monday morning and , rolling over , she flicked the button to silence it , then lay for a few minutes staring at the ceiling .
8 He would be coming round to collect in a few minutes ' time .
9 It can therefore vary from every few minutes to once a year but I usually begin with once a day .
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