Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] minutes [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derry were the better side at Gortakeegan for the first minutes they squandered several chances to kill off newcomers Monaghan and paid the penalty when the home side clawed their way back to force an equaliser . |
| 2 | For the fifteen minutes it 'll take , the computers will be completely in charge . |
| 3 | He could hardly stand still for the two minutes it took to slip them over his blouse and he shouted at her to be quick , that Ferdinando was waiting to take him rabbit-shooting . |
| 4 | If anyone have seen pictures from our game against Poland he came on as a substitute for Fjortoft as lone attacker — and he played brilliantly for the 20 minutes he was on . |
| 5 | It will make up for the thirty-five minutes you were late . ’ |
| 6 | For the few minutes he was trapped there he could feel the pull of the ocean on his legs . |
| 7 | This is undertaken by supporters of the project who are works employees during the spare minutes they may have available . |
| 8 | During the few minutes they chatted , apart from mentioning he was divorced , he did not bring up Liza 's name . |
| 9 | During the last minutes she had been talking with extreme rapidity in a light high voice . |
| 10 | After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow . |
| 11 | After a few minutes we were shaking hands . |
| 12 | After a few minutes we all started to move along the ditch . |
| 13 | After a few minutes they passed the first of the estate workers ' cottages , two storey , stone-built , and around three hundred years old . |
| 14 | At first chicks peck at both food and pebbles about equally , but after a few minutes they learn the difference and thereafter pick up the food and avoid the pebbles ( especially if the latter are glued to the floor ! ) . |
| 15 | After a few minutes they were half opened and a middle-aged woman came and sat on the chair by his bed . |
| 16 | She made it back to her office and sank into her chair ; but after a few minutes she sat up , combed her hair and decided to go home . |
| 17 | At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little . |
| 18 | After a few minutes she returned . |
| 19 | After a few minutes she noticed a certain cunning softness replacing the apprehension of his expression , and her heart began to beat a little faster . |
| 20 | After a few minutes she decided to take another two tables and then continued taking two at a time until she had swallowed about 30 . |
| 21 | After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’ |
| 22 | After a few minutes she padded back into the bedroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel . |
| 23 | After a few minutes she stopped watching them . |
| 24 | Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again . |
| 25 | After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper . |
| 26 | After a few minutes she opened them again . |
| 27 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |
| 28 | After a few minutes she bent her head and dropped a kiss lightly on his ankle , and then her hand slid up under the leg of the leathers and sensuously kneaded the firm muscle at the back of his calf . |
| 29 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
| 30 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |