Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [adj] minutes [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the first few minutes the child is not going to learn any more from the experience and will either fall asleep , start to play , or get up to mischief in the room . |
| 2 | Basically , every compliment that has been chucked in Suede 's direction during the past ten minutes the band wholeheartedly , erm , agree with . |
| 3 | For the next ten minutes the line hummed as Forbes recounted how the Iranian exile and her daughter had been seized in the middle of the morning rush hour . |
| 4 | For the next ten minutes the house was quiet except for the perceptible hum of healthy life from the kitchen . |
| 5 | For a few agonizing minutes the camera holds on her face as she experiences — she hardly seems to be enjoying — sexual attentions out of the range of the camera . |
| 6 | However , in a separate report compiled by consultant analyst Brian Sturgess , ‘ The Funding Bible ’ , the BBC is urged to take advertising , predicting that a mere two minutes a day on both BBC1 and BBC2 would net the Corporation £433m by the year 2000 at 1991 prices . |