Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | They talked about their plans for a few minutes . |
| 2 | They discussed books for a few minutes . |
| 3 | The results suggested that the half-life of these complexes was short , in the range of a few minutes for P A2b and of 10–20 seconds for P A3 , since the DNA-strand opening was undetectable at both promoters after a 10 minutes challenge and , in the case of P A3 , considerably reduced after a 15 seconds challenge ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 4 | They sprayed the subjects with cold water when they were undoubtedly in REM sleep , and then woke them after varying intervals of a few minutes . |
| 5 | The emotions of the last minutes had drained her . |
| 6 | He examined whether a mispricing triggered index arbitrage transactions within a few minutes . |
| 7 | There is no evening meal , but there are restaurants and pubs within a few minutes walk including the Royal Hotel , an old coaching house , with an elegant dining room equipped with pianist , and also the Snooty Fox , a charming pub with attractive beamed ceilings . |
| 8 | My hon. Friend 's question speaks for itself , and no doubt we shall hear more about such matters in a few minutes . |
| 9 | Really , there should not be any collapsed scrummages during the 80 minutes of play . |
| 10 | On 14 October Coleridge wrote abstractedly to John Thelwall that , ‘ I should much wish , like the Indian Vishna , to float about along an infinite ocean cradled in the flower of the Lotos , & wake once in a million years for a few minutes — just to know that I was going to sleep a million years more . ’ |
| 11 | I 'll talk about the reservations in a few minutes , but the Lancashire Region supports any amalgamation initiatives with any union which is here in the country . |
| 12 | Well I I shall leave you to go through the questions for a few minutes . |
| 13 | The waiters do n't have menus , they come and shout at you and if you 're sitting ‘ upstairs ’ on the ground floor , as opposed to the much more plebby basement , then they turn the lights off every twenty minutes or so and all the diners have to dance by candlelight for two minutes whether they want to or not . |
| 14 | There 's a cosy hotel bar and although there 's no restaurant in the hotel , there are many good establishments within a few minutes walk . |
| 15 | Although there 's no restaurant in the hotel , there are plenty of good establishments within a few minutes walk . |
| 16 | I have a fitting on Sunday for the ‘ New Faces ’ final — one gown with three jackets to ring the changes over the ninety minutes of live T.V. It 's imperative that I do the show as I ca n't think of anyone who could step into the breach should I become ill . |
| 17 | It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below . |
| 18 | So what you 're saying , in terms of the eight minutes , is that something , an event which happens on the sun , which is visible , takes about eight minutes to reach us . |
| 19 | Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the original minutes of the Construction Committee who built the hospital should contact the Office of Archives at the Royal . |
| 20 | The number of swallows in the 10 minutes during and after acid infusion , calculated from the number of detectable oesophageal contractions in the most cranial recording channel , did not differ significantly in group I ( 20 ( 3 ) ; 20 ( 4 ) ) or group II ( 18 ( 5 ) ; 18 ( 6 ) ) . |
| 21 | The long wait was almost over and they expected to be greeting the passengers in a few minutes . |
| 22 | But they admit that these babies had not achieved complete and independent toileting as they could only hold on to their eliminations for a few minutes and needed help to undress and get on the potty . |
| 23 | Among other things , it was found that index futures prices lead spot prices by a few minutes in the USA . |
| 24 | I picked up the file and stood with it in my hands for a few minutes before deciding whether to examine its contents . |
| 25 | Leave on baking sheets for a few minutes , then transfer biscuits to wire racks until completely cool . |
| 26 | Leave to cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes , then transfer to a wire rack to cool . |
| 27 | Beckett made another good save from Roy Gordon but South Antrim made sure of the points in the dying minutes when Iain Watson found Peter Crory and his cross was turned in by Gordon McCandless . |
| 28 | Under acting captain Neil Fairbrother , they managed 48 overs in the 205 minutes allowed for 55 overs . |
| 29 | After listening to it on his headphones for a few minutes , Syrian George stopped the tape , looked Mikalis up and down and turned to Coleman . |
| 30 | The alarms of the past minutes faded before a tantalising awareness of the strong body cradling her . |