Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for a minute [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 2 | She thought for a minutes and said : " Yes , you do have a look of a Renoir lady , sometimes " That 's a nice way of saying Fat is Beautiful . |
| 3 | She waited for a minute and then added , apologetically , ‘ Gran was foul to her , you know that . ’ |
| 4 | And then every year after that , they used to hold the one minute 's silence which the mill whistles went and of course you stood for a minute and then they went again and that was it over . |
| 5 | Half way up he rested for a minute or so to rest his straining arm and shoulder muscles , then continued his exhausting climb . |
| 6 | I told him of the plight of all the refugees on the station , then he thought for a minute and said , ‘ Well , I 'm running a camp at the moment , and have over a thousand in it , but I 'm sure we can squash you all in somehow . ’ |
| 7 | He waited for a minute or two . |
| 8 | He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet . |