Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for a minute [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well Mary said if I thought for a minute that she would stick at it , I would pay for her but |
| 2 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 3 | She thought for a minute that he was n't going to obey . |
| 4 | She waited for a minute and then added , apologetically , ‘ Gran was foul to her , you know that . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I mean why do people have to kind of , if , if , if we accept for a minute that there 's something in this analogy , this model that Freud is talking about , why do people have this compulsive need to repeat like this , why do they have to repeat history ? |
| 7 | Half way up he rested for a minute or so to rest his straining arm and shoulder muscles , then continued his exhausting climb . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | He waited for a minute or two . |
| 10 | He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet . |