Example sentences of "for [adv] a [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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1 | These played for only a few minutes at a time . |
2 | The Doctor had watched the fight , without interest , for only a few minutes before setting off once again into the surrounding forest of knotted shapes . |
3 | Quick action is vital , since anyone who stops breathing can usually live for only a few minutes without help . |
4 | I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me . |
5 | He was inside for only a few minutes and emerged very badly shaken . |
6 | Also in New Guinea are sympatric birds of paradise apparently dealing with fruit in a similar way , staying in the trees for only a few minutes , perhaps through fear of predators . |
7 | She could tell he was relieved to be let off the hook if even for only a few minutes , despite his words as they 'd come downstairs . |
8 | The car had been parked outside their home for only a few minutes before neighbours saw it being driven off by teenage youths . |
9 | He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer . |
10 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
11 | Now , for just a few minutes at a time , focus on this image — and stir in desire . |
12 | He 'd first appeared a few months earlier for just a few minutes . |
13 | For just a few minutes out there I was holding a real live flesh-and-blood woman in my arms . ’ |
14 | Maintaining that calm , uncaring façade even for just a few minutes had taken a lot out of her , and she felt the faint beginnings of a headache behind her eyes . |
15 | Now let me for just a few minutes , look forward if that 's not too presumptuous for a chair who is moving out . |
16 | and Clifford , no Clifford said , the lads to each other are we going out again dad you know cos oh Margaret was in , yes , and there was some other boys , the boy across the road was eating something and the boys said and Clifford said do you mind if I just sit in the chair and be quiet for just a few minutes and he just sat in the chair and had his heart attack |
17 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |