Example sentences of "[art] [adj] minutes [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that few minutes at the end is important for picking up these extra marks you 've been trying to throw away , okay , where you can do it , and the few minutes at the beginning is to look through and find that question wherever it was , that one on the last page . |
| 2 | Frantic Bradford took to diving in the box looking for penalties , but Quakers held on , and there was even the unaccustomed spectacle of possession football to waste time in the dying minutes with a chorus of ‘ staying up ’ from the travelling fans in the background . |
| 3 | Jason Chandler made certain in the dying minutes of the game , Good Sports winning 2–1 . |
| 4 | Chris Pike scored in the dying minutes of the game at Beazer Homes League club , Cambridge City . |
| 5 | Egham threw men forward in the dying minutes in the search for an equaliser , and in the last minute , Bobby Roper caused Abingdon 's hearts to flutter when he shot narrowly wide . |
| 6 | Smales was successful with two kicks at goal but by half-time the Kiwis looked to have the game well under control , scoring tries through Edwards and Watson by the 16th minute , and through Watson and Nikau in the three minutes before the interval . |
| 7 | In the closing minutes of the half Collins threw himself in the way of yet another Coyle attempt after dropping Marty McCaffrey 's free kick to keep his goal intact at the interval . |
| 8 | I felt quite bereft when the grave old man in his Orkney chair and the King in his Counting-house were bought in the closing minutes of the sale . |
| 9 | She wanted to say that not only was that ridiculous but it was dangerous , she wanted to tell him about the frightening minutes in the maze of old Nice . |
| 10 | But he was elusive , and she could only fill the long minutes with a pretence of animation as she was absorbed into a group of Heather 's relations , something inside her dying by the second as time passed and Luke kept his distance . |
| 11 | The traffic had thinned considerably by now , and most of the twenty minutes of the journey were taken up by Carson calling at a late-opening delicatessen on the way . |
| 12 | Indeed , the judge had directed the jury 's attention to the final minutes of the film , which depicted a couple making love in explicit anatomical detail , some of which was photographed in close shot . |
| 13 | With the final minutes of the term ticking away Mr Yarrow had called Murphy Senior and frantic talks had taken place . |
| 14 | In the last minutes of the debate — the hon. Member for Birkenhead need not worry ; I am leaving him time within the advice that I have been given — I must mention the generality of the issues raised . |
| 15 | But in the last minutes of the game , after Phillip de Glanville had ripped open the defence for Hunter 's second try — leaving England 18–12 behind — England again lacked the cold , clinical brain the would open the way through the New Zealand defence . |
| 16 | His penalty against Tarbes in the last minutes of the game levelled the score 18–18 . |
| 17 | The lengthy minutes of the meeting [ KP 115 ] show that it covered four main subjects . |
| 18 | Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the original minutes of the Construction Committee who built the hospital should contact the Office of Archives at the Royal . |
| 19 | Ten a.m. , 24th July ; just finished breakfast with the mortar team and relaxing for a few minutes over a mug of hot tea discussing the number of casualties after the heavy shelling last night . |
| 20 | Many of these organisations are within a few minutes of the King 's Buildings . |
| 21 | Sometimes within just a few minutes of the arrival of leaf-eating creatures , the tannin content is up to levels which make not only the leaves under attack , but all the other leaves of the tree toxic or at least unpalatable . |
| 22 | If travelling in a car , you might stop for a few minutes as a penalty , refusing to speak to the child until he behaves . |
| 23 | Early one pre-Sale morning a stranger silently passed two sorters working in the vestibule , went for a few minutes into the Church , which happened at eh time to be empty of all nut noods , and then said to them as he walked out ‘ You 've made that Church live . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I made him understand that he was to stay where he was and I would return in a few minutes with a tin of tobacco . |
| 26 | Add the rice and saffron and sauté for a few minutes with the onion until opaque . |
| 27 | Although it takes a few minutes for the body to send out any strong signals of satiety it is probable that chewing and swallowing movements do begin to send messages to the brain . |
| 28 | It took only a few minutes for the Doctor to break down and analyse the strangely oily powder , using the lateral molecular rectifier to be absolutely certain . |
| 29 | Stop anywhere for a few minutes on a summer 's day and you are likely to end up as an unpaid extra in next year 's calendar or on a biscuit tin . |
| 30 | She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . |