Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] minutes ' [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But only a supreme effort over this distance will produce more than two or three minutes ' advantage . |
2 | As instructed , she gave Fen two or three minutes ' warning and felt the boat change direction and nudge the bank . |
3 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
4 | So I 'll ask you a question in about er , three or four minutes ' time , which could result in you 're going out next month with Dougie Down Under , thanks to QUANTAS , Australia 's national airline . |
5 | However , some last-ditch defence by Karpov enabled him to reach a drawn rook and pawn endgame after 94 moves and a total of nine hours ' and 20 minutes ' play . |