Example sentences of "[num] minute [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The four-and-a-half gallons of oil take about ten minutes to warm up to the minimum 40°C , and we used the time to taxi around the sheltered bay within Calshot Split , checking for debris and driftwood and surveying the area . |
| 2 | It took them almost twenty minutes to get out of the building as they fielded congratulations along the way . |
| 3 | It took him twenty minutes to get down to the town centre and turn into the street of tatty terraced houses behind the bus station were Nails lived . |
| 4 | It would n't take two minutes to slip up to the attic , Timothy Gedge said . |
| 5 | We 've got about four minutes to get back to the hotel . ’ |