Example sentences of "spend a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once each has had a turn , the group may spend a few minutes discussing possible methods of achieving any identified learning needs . |
| 2 | Tonight then it 's a communion thanksgiving service , but let me just spend a few minutes just sketching a little background on some of life 's challenges . |
| 3 | So this evening , as we come to the end of one year and prepare for the next , can we spend a few minutes doing a spiritual work-out and look at the consequences of what John wrote about the uniqueness of Jesus . |
| 4 | She was in food time this morning , and could spend a few minutes on the bridge , looking at the river . |
| 5 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |
| 6 | After an hour inside the school , all four spent a few minutes in a room of their own before Charles and Diana said goodbye to their sons . |
| 7 | Daak spent a few minutes kicking the remains of the pilot out of the front of the cockpit , and then settled himself into the pilot 's bucket seat and swivelled lazily from side to side , waiting for the women . |
| 8 | Rain spent a few minutes sympathizing with the psychic 's frustrations and then suggested that she try Maureen again , but with a specific request for a set of keys . |
| 9 | He spent a few minutes making polite , nondescript conversation , then he proceeded to devote the remainder of the meal to Alyssia . |
| 10 | My reason is that George spent a few minutes with Lennie , comforting and making him a happy man by reminding him of his dreams , before sending him off to find his final dream in heaven . |
| 11 | It is worth spending a few minutes looking at how the waves are breaking and picking the best place and time to launch . |
| 12 | It is well worth spending a few minutes setting up the rails and lace carriage to see how it works even if you do n't want to knit with them at present . |
| 13 | I asked Terry to come along because one of the things I tho I tho I hope we might get round to spending a few minutes on was about Alan 's raised it before about records coming in er , and what the state of the game is in records coming into us and how we 're transferring that information , or not transferring that information onto dep onto department 's national curriculum er material |
| 14 | All you need is a little understanding of what the end result should look like and a to spend a few minutes reading the manuals . |
| 15 | What I want to spend a few minutes on again this is something we 'll test tomorrow , right so I 'm giving you , training 's all about doing what do you think ? |
| 16 | She was merely an old woman who wanted to spend a few minutes in nostalgic memory of long-ago visits to America . |
| 17 | I 'd like to spend a few minutes now trying to pull that together and then go onto how we evaluate these plans , because you 've all produced these and would n't you like to know how good they are and how bad they are ? |
| 18 | When the prime minister arrives at the Palace for the weekly audience , the private secretary acts as host and spends a few minutes beforehand in conversation . |
| 19 | Along with elderberries , bilberries and blackberries , mulberries had another use as the source of a deep blue dye — spend a few minutes plucking really ripe ones , and you 'll quickly learn why . |
| 20 | — Before you switch on , spend a few minutes thinking about what you expect the programme to be about . |
| 21 | You spend a few minutes in a classroom and you find there 's budding farmers , policemen , bank clerks , bus drivers , mothers , harlots , fortunate and starved . |