Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] a minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were punctual to a minute , so we did n't hang out of the window — anyway the view on the roadside was very constricted , as far as arriving people were concerned . |
| 2 | His bus-load of senior schoolboys were all over Aurae Phiala by this time , gushing downhill towards the river like streams in spate , and no doubt he was free for a minute or two to breathe again and care about his own theories and idylls . |
| 3 | I was shocked for a minute . |
| 4 | He was silent for a minute . |
| 5 | She was silent for a minute . |
| 6 | Tom Russell was silent for a minute , after one brief glance at her , then he gave a cheerful bark of laughter . |
| 7 | He was silent for a minute , and she began to hope he had lost interest in the subject . |