Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll bring you some tea in a few minutes , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Look , I 'm going to be snarled up in another meeting in a few minutes . |
| 3 | ‘ As far as I 'm concerned we lost this game during the closing minutes of the first leg in Moscow when we conceded two late goals . |
| 4 | ‘ An Army lorry is due along this road in a few minutes . |
| 5 | " It is a bit ; will you open the back door for a few minutes and let in a breath of air ? " |
| 6 | I 'll get you some food in a few minutes , but first let's have your shoe and stocking off . ’ |
| 7 | A five-metre scrum in the closing minutes saw them splinter the Quins pack for Charles to touch down . |
| 8 | When a little old lady on Weybridge station platform asked the Irish stationmaster why there were two large wall clocks each giving a different time by a few minutes , the answer came in a fine Irish brogue : ‘ Ah , yes ma'am ! |
| 9 | Wipe dry and place in a warm oven for a few minutes to remove any remaining moisture . |
| 10 | Is it likely that there are other pupils who may turn up in that room in a few minutes ? |
| 11 | With a large entry angle a large proportion of the 4 minutes is taken up in the first turn overhead . |
| 12 | In business they conferred with each other for a few minutes and then made their offer . |
| 13 | We stood eyeing each other for a few minutes and then to my amazement a jeep came up ; the farmer saw my problem and not only gave me a lift past the bull but took me right to the main road where the bike was . |
| 14 | Katharine and Benji had produced some nice work together and at this point Jennie told them to have a rest on a long rein for a few minutes . |
| 15 | Back at the table I was in crepuscular mood for a few minutes , then bent once more to the task of diverting the wedding guests . |
| 16 | Time was suspended and the police heard my life story at least twice with patience and good humour in the 80 minutes it took to cut my right leg free from the car . |
| 17 | But I 'll touch on the reason why they do n't need those condition in a few minutes . |
| 18 | The evening before the diagnosis was made I had a double whisky and developed sneezing and rhinitis , but on this occasion I developed severe bronchospasm within a few minutes . |
| 19 | They talked in this desultory fashion for a few minutes , then when she heard them bid one another goodnight she ducked quickly under her mosquito net and lay down without undressing . |
| 20 | And I 'll go into that area in a little bit more detail in a few minutes . |
| 21 | He handed me a toffee , climbed into his car , beckoned me to sit on the other front seat for a few minutes , and removed the celluloid sidescreen to give us more fresh air . |
| 22 | I I can give you an accurate price in a few minutes but roughly you 'd pay about five pounds more |
| 23 | At five o'clock in the morning Ada Neumann would have been in her kitchen , simmering the dozens of doughnut-shaped rolls in hot water for a few minutes before baking them in the oven , glazing them with egg-white and then showering them with sesame seeds . |
| 24 | Chop and add to casseroles or steep in boiling water for a few minutes before adding to salads . |
| 25 | Albert Popple stared at the small creature for a few minutes and marvelled at its capacity to kill . |
| 26 | I showered and then decided to lie in a hot bath for a few minutes with a cup of tea at my elbow and the latest Kingsley Amis in front of my face . |
| 27 | If the ingredients are still hot just place under a hot grill for a few minutes to brown the top . |
| 28 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 29 | None of the translations really does full justice to verse 20 , and we 'll do a little detective work when we look at that verse in a few minutes . |
| 30 | Torrential rain throughout the 90 minutes destroyed the game as a spectacle but Derry boss , Roy Coyle , must still be worried by the failure of his midfield players to function as a cohesive unit . |