Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [art] few minutes " in BNC.
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| 31 | When the smoke really thins out , thin blue smoke , rap on it , give the whole tin a shake and it 'll suddenly burst into thick smoke for a few minutes and it may do that again for a second time . |
| 32 | Come the end , the trio are hunched over their instruments , thrashing out ‘ Mainly Mornings ’ and ‘ Hammer ’ like men who are having a lot of bloody good fun , actually , and even a BO beast in a ZZ Top crew T-shirt is forced to shift his Neanderthal parameters into the 20th Century for a few minutes . |
| 33 | This striking result led to further investigations , and it was noticed that one drop of the diluted nasal mucus added to 1 c.c. of a thick suspension of the cocci caused their complete disappearance in a few minutes at 37°C . |
| 34 | On 14 October Coleridge wrote abstractedly to John Thelwall that , ‘ I should much wish , like the Indian Vishna , to float about along an infinite ocean cradled in the flower of the Lotos , & wake once in a million years for a few minutes — just to know that I was going to sleep a million years more . ’ |
| 35 | Tostada shells may be served with this soup ; they are flat fried tortilla pancakes which require heating in a moderate oven for a few minutes before serving . |
| 36 | Blanche sipped her coffee , now lukewarm after sitting untouched on the low table for a few minutes . |