Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [art] [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hereford usually crack or collapse in the dying minutes . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll bring you some tea in a few minutes , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I will give her a ring in a few minutes , but suspect I suspect that you and daddy have to have a bath together . |
| 4 | But I 'll touch on the reason why they do n't need those condition in a few minutes . |
| 5 | But tossed about by a cruel world , Iris is not the sort of girl who quietly puts up with her destiny — just as the flower beneath which she reads for a moment , while a woman 's revenge wreaks horrible havoc in the final minutes , is not just an ordinary cactus . |
| 6 | Learning by imitation can take place in a few minutes , whereas the reproduction of a whole new adult animal can take many years . |
| 7 | ‘ The presentation of the prizes will take place in a few minutes … ’ |
| 8 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 9 | I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’ |
| 10 | Look , I 'm going to be snarled up in another meeting in a few minutes . |
| 11 | Is it likely that there are other pupils who may turn up in that room in a few minutes ? |
| 12 | The ready availability of a screening questionnaire that mothers at risk can complete under supervision in a few minutes is potentially useful , but only if health workers and others can rise to the needs of depressed mothers . |
| 13 | I I can give you an accurate price in a few minutes but roughly you 'd pay about five pounds more |
| 14 | So , off you go , and I 'll be through to read you a story in a few minutes . ’ |
| 15 | Surrey are holding an U17 Festival at Old Emmanuel on September 20th , with their four area teams taking part in a 20 minutes each way mini tournament and coaching day . |
| 16 | Under the captaincy of McBride and the coaching skills of his Ballymena colleague Syd Millar , the Lions , with nine Irishmen in tow , won 21 of their 22 games , and were only denied a clean sweep when flanker Fergus Slattery was robbed of a try in the dying minutes of the Fourth and Final Test which ended in a 13–13 draw . |
| 17 | It was always disappointing to sight the Land Rover and anticipate being in camp in a few minutes and then have an hour to walk . |
| 18 | Alum Pot is straight ahead in a plantation of trees and is reached on foot in a few minutes , arriving there simultaneously with Alum Pot Beck which enters the plantation and disappears into the depths . |
| 19 | I think we 'll look at the news in a few minutes to see what the weather 's going to be and then , do you want any ice cream or anything ? |
| 20 | Certainly , they rarely threatened to win the match , though Dave Kirkwood — one of four former Hearts players in the Airdrie ranks — missed the most clear-cut chance of the game in the closing minutes . |
| 21 | ‘ An Army lorry is due along this road in a few minutes . |
| 22 | None of the translations really does full justice to verse 20 , and we 'll do a little detective work when we look at that verse in a few minutes . |
| 23 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |
| 24 | I 'll get you some food in a few minutes , but first let's have your shoe and stocking off . ’ |
| 25 | President , congress in the few minutes available to me this afternoon to speak to my written report I want to touch on three issues . |
| 26 | For example , halite is ‘ electron-stained ’ blue in a few minutes , and Dickson ( 1980 ) reported a stable purple colouration in electron-bombarded fluorospar . |
| 27 | Time was suspended and the police heard my life story at least twice with patience and good humour in the 80 minutes it took to cut my right leg free from the car . |
| 28 | B.C. won this semi-final 18–16 , four penalties and a goal to four penalties and a try , and could have been eliminated had Troy McDonald , the Alberta outside-half , been successful with a difficult drop goal in the final minutes . |
| 29 | By contrast , the visitors had three efforts on goal in the 90 minutes . |
| 30 | Slaven put the ball in the net in the dying minutes but the goal was disallowed for offside . |