Example sentences of "[noun sg] for a [adj] minutes [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If using ordinary rollers , aid the process by switching your hairdryer on to the cold setting and whizz over hair for a few minutes before unwinding the rollers . |
| 2 | Outside the wind grew even more savage and we cut short the one doomed attempt to raise the tent , retreating to the truck for a few minutes of poor slumber . |
| 3 | They sat in the car for a few minutes without speaking . |
| 4 | The body needs to be brushed once a day for a few minutes before your morning bath or shower ( twice if you have cellulite ) . |
| 5 | Chop and add to casseroles or steep in boiling water for a few minutes before adding to salads . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The occasional guard braved the discomfort for a few minutes before retiring to the cool of the corridors . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Sarella lay fuming in bed for a few minutes before flinging back the duvet and running to the window . |
| 10 | Working people and shoppers here have as much right to sit in the sunshine at lunchtime for a few minutes as their counterparts elsewhere in the country . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | On the other , there could be two more or less independent processes occurring in parallel , such that there were transient changes in the electrical properties and responsiveness of one set of neurons which could ‘ code for ’ the memory for a few minutes before gradually fading away . |
| 13 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 14 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |