Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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1 | Rachel groaned as her alarm sounded the following Monday morning and , rolling over , she flicked the button to silence it , then lay for a few minutes staring at the ceiling . |
2 | 2 Add the mushrooms and spring onions , then stir in the tomato purée and soured cream and simmer for a few minutes . |
3 | Simmer for a few minutes . |
4 | Simmer for a few minutes until the sauce is thickened . |
5 | Add a cinnamon stick or a few slices of fresh root ginger , then simmer for a few minutes — check it has a good flavour , then remove the spices and add 450g/1lb chopped rhubarb . |
6 | Then either leave to rehydrate , then eat or alternatively cook for a few minutes before eating . |
7 | Add peppers and tomatoes and cook for a few minutes , then add the remainder of the vegetables , the marjoram and wine and simmer gently for 30 minutes . |
8 | Cook for a few minutes more , stirring thoroughly . |
9 | Erm I ca n't tell you what time he 'll be home really erm well say in the twenty minutes he 's bound to be home cos he he 's been home and then he 's had to shoot out again , he 's gone to get the battery so he wo n't be long . |
10 | Bake for a few minutes , to allow the pastry to just cook . |
11 | If you wait for a few minutes , and it really can be that long , you might be surprised to discover that Windows un-freezes of its own accord . |
12 | You know in a few minutes . |
13 | It is absurd , every time we introduce another element of our policy , for him to leap on to the populist pitch and then , as he no doubt will in a few minutes ' time , find some detailed reasons for being opposed to it . |
14 | Blend for a few minutes until light and fluffy . |
15 | Add the rice and saffron and sauté for a few minutes with the onion until opaque . |
16 | Sauté for a few minutes . |
17 | Make your own by mixing oatmeal and water into a paste ; massage over the face , leave for a few minutes , then rinse with warm water . |
18 | Leave for a few minutes . |
19 | ( viii ) Rinse with de-ionized water , leave for a few minutes to dry thoroughly , soak in xylene and mount . |
20 | If it 's not ready , boil for a few minutes more and test again . |
21 | In the absence of heterogeneous nucleation or granule coalescence , and ensemble of 0.25-µm granules should have a crystallization half-life of more than 1,000 yr at 30 °C , whereas bulk samples of the polymer quenched to 30 °C from the melt typically crystallize within a few minutes . |