Example sentences of "for ten minute " in BNC.

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1 He collapsed at Debbie 's on Wednesday night , well he fell , bumped his head sort of fall down so the doctor come yesterday , tt , and he had to stop in bed two or three days and go at the doctor 's for ten minute appointment and he bloody test and to see why he 's lost so much weight cos his legs are like that .
2 Boil for ten minutes and then leave the pan to cool .
3 ‘ The kick-off is n't for ten minutes .
4 For ten minutes I never saw my float as the fish cruised up and down .
5 If there are 38 of them on the line , 38 go together for ten minutes and then , of course , the line stops .
6 ‘ I do n't suppose it matters if that 's held up for ten minutes . ’
7 They wait , kitted up and vehicles running , for ten minutes before the phone rings again and they are told to stand down ; it was a false alarm .
8 And good it was : good wine , good food , and a good film on the television , even Paul 's request for the rock concert being allowed — for ten minutes .
9 It 's been engaged for ten minutes at least .
10 Walk briskly for ten minutes each day .
11 Goal for exercise Walk briskly for ten minutes each day .
12 They could hardly have been more different from the swaggering louts of the Hotel Olympik who would chatter among themselves for ten minutes and then saunter towards one as much out of boredom as anything else .
13 If teachers and the head are in the playground for five minutes or so before the bell and if parents know that they will be welcome in classrooms for ten minutes or so at the end of both morning and afternoon sessions then good routines will be established and easily maintained .
14 Richard had already been remarked as the kind of small boy enchanted by small girls and deaf to the ridicule of his peers on the matter ; on this occasion he watched Victoria twist her curls around her fingers in motionless fascination for ten minutes , then followed her for the rest of the afternoon , fetching drinks and finding seats , carrying her favourite blue rabbit when she dropped it and picking out the choicest pieces of bread and butter for her at tea .
15 One Friday afternoon , I looked steadily at one of those great green trees for ten minutes , and knew then I would not want to teach in grammar schools for ever .
16 Before taking my temperature I was neither allowed to breathe through my mouth for ten minutes nor to take food or drink for half an hour .
17 ( Well , all right , I 'll allow you to be a bit bleary-eyed for ten minutes or so . )
18 Very often I sit in my chair for ten minutes or so as soon as I arrive at the water , just relaxing and taking in everything around me , appreciating my surroundings and thinking about what I am going to do .
19 Then he put his feet up on the bench and snored for ten minutes .
20 The officer in charge decided to turn out the lights for ten minutes to allow the culprit to return the goods .
21 They talked for ten minutes about their pending motorised pub crawl planned for Friday evening .
22 Keeping on the go can become a habit and there are very many people who could manage to let up for ten minutes or more in the course of most days , with a bit of careful planning .
23 Return to the oven for ten minutes to heat through before serving .
24 There was no landing fee at Bragança , but with a door locked for ten minutes on arrival , no petrol , no Met , and no radio , it 's not surprising !
25 About one in four reckon they 're good for ten minutes , though just under one in five admit to ejaculating in less than two minutes .
26 She felt exhausted ; she had not spoken for ten minutes and felt that unless she said something soon she would disappear .
27 We reached his office where he said he had some paperwork to complete before we stopped fairly soon for ten minutes at Kenora .
28 ‘ I used a hot towel and left the product on for ten minutes after which time my hair felt very soft .
29 When the bus stopped at Ribeira Brava for ten minutes , all the Madeirans got out and many , including the bus driver , crossed the road to the bar for a drink .
30 I had arranged to meet Howard Imber , the writer , for a script conference over dinner at 8 , and fell on to the bed intending to rest for ten minutes before reading through the thick camera script .
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