Example sentences of "[prep] the first few minutes " in BNC.
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1 | For the first few minutes outside , I used the torch , until the blackness behind the dunes turned to a deep red . |
2 | There are even techniques for mirroring the other person 's non-verbal behaviours for the first few minutes of meeting them , and then testing whether rapport has been established by changing your visual behaviours to see whether the other person will reciprocate by mirroring yours . |
3 | You will probably find that you perform very badly and feel dreadful for the first few minutes . |
4 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
5 | This part of Enfield has those yellow sodium lamps that have that delicate rosy glow for the first few minutes after they are switched on . |
6 | In fact , after the first few minutes of wriggling and giggling , he began to enjoy it . |
7 | Only good thing was Dorigo ( apart from the first few minutes ) who played brill . |
8 | With minds on absent players 'Mere started cold and were lucky not to have given away a large margin within the first few minutes . |
9 | And Cambridge almost wrapped up the game in the first few minutes of the second half but were denied by Oldham goalkeeper John Keeley , who pulled off an excellent save to push away a curling , 20-yard Chris Leadbetter free-kick , then fingertipped a header from Mick Heathcote on to the crossbar . |
10 | In the first few minutes of their greetings , the real purpose of Nora 's trip was forgotten by them both . |
11 | More bird song : willow warbler , wren , robin — all in the first few minutes . |
12 | The tackle he made in the first few minutes when Giggs was straight through on Beeny must be enough to get him Young Player of the Year . |
13 | IN the first few minutes Armagh could have opened the scoring when Eugene Mullan was forced to pull off a string of good saves . |
14 | If we go back to the first few minutes , or maybe even the first few seconds , there must have been an incredibly high density of matter near that point ? |