Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for a minute " in BNC.

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1 Jasper went , was gone it seemed only for a minute , came back to say that they would be welcome .
2 We walked a bit nearer , careful like , and then the mist rolled away for a minute or two and there she was .
3 He lay there for a minute , beneath his tumbled bedclothes , savouring the excitement .
4 He lay there for a minute scratching at the pitiful amount of hair on his chest and then he came over .
5 He sat silently for a minute and then he got up and walked out .
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