Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 12 vans and cars were stopped during the 35 minutes the road block was in position . |
| 2 | This takes time to begin with — lots of lovely sitting around going through the magazines again but , when needed , the index which is stored in a file can be looked up and the right magazine located in a few minutes . |
| 3 | A HUGE open-air concert has been cancelled at the last minutes over cash wrangles . |
| 4 | Fuelling stations incorporate ‘ fast fill ’ techniques , where fuelling can be accomplished in a few minutes . |
| 5 | Two pints were swiftly downed in the 10 minutes remaining , helping to cool tempers and throw a more rosy glow over the day 's epic proceedings . |
| 6 | I felt quite bereft when the grave old man in his Orkney chair and the King in his Counting-house were bought in the closing minutes of the sale . |
| 7 | He was replaced in the closing minutes in Dublin by Rob Wainwright , who returns to the replacements ' bench . |
| 8 | Cranleigh manager Roy Kelsey made a double substitution as Cranleigh battled to force extra time and they were almost rewarded in the final minutes , with Cann charging the ball down before the ever-dangerous Carpenter could place his shot . |
| 9 | The buxom Mlle Gilles is called upon every 10 minutes to reveal her all ( or three-quarters of it ) and while this is no sight to be despised , she could have appeared stark-naked from beginning to end and still failed to distract our attention from the movie 's essential mediocrity . ’ |
| 10 | Although not in a sense surprising , the impact of the bare facts is nonetheless considerable : for it emerged that these women spent an average of over three hours on weekdays on various caring activities compared to the 13 minutes offered by men ! |
| 11 | It is exceptionally ironic still to find children in a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the modern world , condemned to drone away in their music lessons over nineteenth-century hymn tunes , with dancing relegated to a few minutes at the conclusion of the physical education lessons . |
| 12 | The hamstring pull which put Lydon out of the Test series was sustained in the closing minutes of a 50-4 win over Chorley . |
| 13 | But these batting efforts were overshadowed in the dying minutes , when David Lawrence suffered an horrific injury . |
| 14 | Hotel parking is available and although there is n't an in-house restaurant , there are plenty of mouth-watering menus to be found within a few minutes stroll . |
| 15 | The sham feed produced a transient rise in gastric acid output that was most marked in the 30 minutes after feeding ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 16 | Pears was whisked off still wearing his goalkeeper 's jersey and limping heavily after being hurt in the final minutes . |
| 17 | In a political and administrative system as riddled with tradition as the British , the old model could , and probably will , be restored in the few minutes it takes a new prime minister to travel from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street . |
| 18 | In this situation , the duration time should be reduced to a few minutes greater than the current elapsed time . |
| 19 | Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead . |
| 20 | Perfusion was excellent and peristalsis was observed within a few minutes . |
| 21 | This was followed by a few minutes of silence . |
| 22 | It is applied with a brush , sponge or pad , left for a few minutes , and then rinsed off . |
| 23 | The prevention is new Wella Balsam Intensive Dry Ends Conditioner , regularly massaged into the ends of your hair , left for a few minutes and rinsed out . |
| 24 | Descent may only be started within the ten minutes immediately following ETA or EAT . |
| 25 | But it means a lifetime of problems have been cured in a few minutes . |
| 26 | But it means a lifetime of problems have been cured in a few minutes . |
| 27 | The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead . |
| 28 | ‘ Donkey has waited for a few minutes . |
| 29 | ‘ The shot that killed Garland was fired at a few minutes past ten . |
| 30 | The light changed for a few minutes and a watery sun hit the flanks of Lovely Seat . |