Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb past] [adj] minutes " in BNC.

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1 It was in the FA Cup 1st Round tie at The Nest against first division opponents Manchester City and it came five minutes after half-time to put us ahead ; we went on to win 2–0 .
2 The Whitehall switchboard was a model of inefficiency as usual , and it took twelve minutes to try the various rooms and people who might know .
3 But it took 10 minutes to haul her out and attempts to revive her failed .
4 A wizened butler opened the door to Topaz , but it took five minutes of heated argument before she was allowed to step over the threshold of Stone Towers .
5 The incident last weekend happened just a few hundred yards from Bishop Auckland ambulance station , but it took 25 minutes for a vehicle to arrive from Durham City 12 miles away .
6 ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life .
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