Example sentences of "[art] [adj] minute [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once Pool had done their plundering a twin strike in the sixteenth minute the match , as a contest , was over . |
| 2 | In the dying minutes the computer men rallied to net two in succession and CMS found themselves fighting to hold the one goal difference . |
| 3 | More than 12 vans and cars were stopped during the 35 minutes the road block was in position . |
| 4 | But Townsend gave his side a deserved lead in the 19th minute The Republic of Ireland midfielder was perfectly positioned in the nineteenth minute when Graeme Le Saux touched back a crossfield ball from Fleck for his skipper to drive home a low shot . |
| 5 | But for Gerard Houlahan 's supreme skill in driving home Armagh 's first goal in the 25th minute the orchard county would surely have been dead and gone by the interval instead of trailing by just one point at 0–7 to 1–3 . |
| 6 | In the 69th minute Duffield stroked the ball home from 12 yards and then in the 71st minute the ball fell to Brett who was free on the right and he drove across goal into the far corner . |
| 7 | During the final minutes the woman in front of us exploded . |
| 8 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
| 9 | Julia , who called off their wedding at the last minute a year ago , was recently in Ireland with new lover Jason Patric . |
| 10 | At the last minute a sense of something unsaid made her hurry after him . |
| 11 | The EC sought co-operation against drug traffickers , and Mexico was reported to have inserted at the last minute a formula to safeguard its national jurisdiction in this area . |
| 12 | ( The queen had been due to visit Iran in the royal yacht Britannia in January 1979 ; at the last minute the trip was cancelled because of the turmoil in Iran and the queen sent the Shah a gracious and sympathetic handwritten note of regret ) . |
| 13 | At the last minute the convention 's keynote speaker for Sunday 26 April was taken ill , and her replacement turned out to be Mr John Frohnmayer , the dismissed chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts who , although not scheduled to leave his post officially until a few days later , had actually worked his last day the previous Friday . |
| 14 | ‘ However , at the last minute the chance of this Granada Christmas party came up . |
| 15 | At the last minute the parent would abandon its charade and fly off to safety . |
| 16 | Although the child is still alive , at the last minute the surgeon refuses to operate . |
| 17 | But at the last minute the Town board played their cards … and persuaded Gorman to stay on and take over |
| 18 | So I went back into the spare room , I was doing some ironing which was on the you know and the next minute the phone went ! |
| 19 | The next minute the grenade thrower appeared with his hands up . |
| 20 | And so one minute she was standing on deck in the rush of bright wind , the next minute the motor launch was scything across their bows . |
| 21 | But the men gave way , because they had no choice , and the next minute the car had bounced out on to the road , turning left , away from the village and up towards the dale head . |
| 22 | Because it was an old house that they were renovating , and it had got so much rot in it and woodworm , and he said he said he said th there they were walking up one minute and the next minute the piano was just going down through the stairs . |
| 23 | The following exercise would take only a few minutes every day . |
| 24 | We can use affirmations to bring a positive , joyful attitude to life in general — either using them as needed during the day , or putting aside a few minutes every day to affirm our beliefs . |
| 25 | A few minutes every day . |
| 26 | In a few minutes a boy appeared . |
| 27 | If I feel that a particular patient is suffering from extreme tension and finds it difficult to relax , then I may suggest that , during the two weeks following the regression session , he simply practises a basic relaxation exercise for a few minutes a day . |
| 28 | ‘ Initially people think bonsai trees must be quite difficult to keep , but all it takes is a few minutes a day to see they are properly watered . |
| 29 | It 's a good idea to run your central heating pump for a few minutes a week in summer to prevent it from seizing up when the system is not in use . |
| 30 | After a few minutes a woman in a grey fur coat began to cross the street from my building . |