Example sentences of "takes a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It only takes a few minutes , ’ said one . |
| 2 | It only takes a few minutes to write yet receiving a letter out of the blue can mean such a lot to somebody . |
| 3 | The whole process only takes a few minutes , although to the distraught owners it can seem like hours . |
| 4 | After food is put into the mouth it takes a few minutes ( usually around five ) even to start having any physical effect in satisfying the hungry body . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The island of Porto Santo has a regular air link with Madeira by a small Air Portugal plane which only takes a few minutes . |
| 7 | Once you know the volume and page of your statute in the main work ( or in the Continuation Volumes ) , it only takes a few minutes to find the annotations in the Cumulative Supplement and Current Statutes Service . |
| 8 | Last year for the first time we were charged £10.58 for an audit certificate — something District Audit assure me takes a few minutes to complete and is provided free of charge by most banks . |
| 9 | This whole process takes a few minutes . |
| 10 | But although it only takes a few minutes , life without thick glasses has a cost . |
| 11 | It only takes a few minutes . |
| 12 | It only takes a few minutes . |