Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [art] [adj] minute " in BNC.

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1 After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office .
2 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 .
3 She went into the hall , glad of anything that would take her mind from Dana for a few minutes .
4 Cooper , who saw striker John Gayle sent off after an off-the-ball clash with Daniel Delicari in the 70th minute , stormed : ‘ With a chance to qualify for the semi-finals of the competition , I thought the players would really have gone for it .
5 The opening score was a quality goal from Alan Young who chipped keeper Paul McCabe after a superb through ball from John Scott in the 4th minute .
6 Danish international John Jensen , who is gradually finding the feel of the English game , placed a subtle pass to Wright in the 55th minute .
7 Worse was to follow for Coleraine in the 29th minute .
8 In an aggressive encounter , there were bookings for Stoke 's Carl Beeston in the 16th minute and Mark Stein and Chris Sulley for a 35th-minute flare-up .
9 An own-goal by Rocha in the seventh minute put the Italians on the way and Fusi 's 77th minute strike proved decisive .
10 Marseille took the lead in the 31st minute through top scorer Boksic and increased it through Voeller in the 57th minute following an error by substitute Steven Pressley .
11 Nick Thompson , with his first goal for England in the 17th minute after a good move down the right by Steve Batchelor , started England off .
12 A quick break by St Albans in the last minute of the first half saw Ian Plummer score into an open net to give his side a 2–0 half time lead .
13 David McCartney scored a fine goal for Scotland in the 40th minute to make the half-time score 3–1 .
14 Ireland nearly equalised in the second , but were held back and Sandra Colamartino scored her second try for Scotland in the final minutes .
15 His penalty against Tarbes in the last minutes of the game levelled the score 18–18 .
16 Madrid , level with Barcelona before the weekend but with an inferior goal difference , took a 2-1 lead over Logrones in the 88th minute and seemed certain winners .
17 But he cancelled his trip to England at the last minute and pretended he thought I was going to see you in your show and might as well hand you the invitation at the same time . ’
18 ‘ You turned down Havvie Blaine at the last minute , too .
19 The Premier cancelled a trip to Spain at the last minute as the sick pound hit its lowest level since joining the Exchange Rate Mechanism .
20 The man they call Lurch was the villain of the piece after his uncharacteristic boob let in Oldham for an 85th minute equaliser .
21 The teenager made one neat save to deny Hans Myhras in the 56th minute but otherwise was a mere spectator .
22 Kelly was excellent though he was mighty lucky to get away with tugging Giggs in the first minute .
23 Crawford , who needed treatment twice in the early stages after picking up an injury was eventually replaced by Ronnie McCullough in the 26th minute .
24 Whittingham , with 22 goals this season , latched on to a mistake by defender Salvatore Fusco in the 39th minute , drew the keeper off his line and calmly finished from the edge of the area .
25 DURHAM WASPS ' dream of becoming the first British League team to win a European game abroad ended in a 10-1 defeat here last night after Robert Herckerrath had opened the scoring for Gunco Pandas of Rotterdam in the second minute .
26 He replaced Fitzroy Simpson with former Shrewsbury striker Carl Griffiths who created City 's first goal for Mike Sheron in the 54th minute and then scored his first Premier goal six minutes later after a suicidal back headewr by Leeds defender Chris Fairclough .
27 The young midfielder was booked for a foul on Jean Karlen in the 28th minute .
28 No penalty was given and insult was added to injury when Brugge equalised through Staelens in the 50th minute .
29 Elinor said , ‘ I saw Sam for a few minutes , darling .
30 Smales was successful with two kicks at goal but by half-time the Kiwis looked to have the game well under control , scoring tries through Edwards and Watson by the 16th minute , and through Watson and Nikau in the three minutes before the interval .
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