Example sentences of "take only [art] few minutes " in BNC.

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1 It takes only a few minutes .
2 If the skin is healthy , it takes only a few minutes for the molecules to be absorbed ; much longer if the skin is congested or if there is much subcutaneous fat .
3 It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach .
4 This takes only a few minutes and should be done every few days .
5 It takes only a few minutes to carry out this simple exercise , but it will greatly improve your ability to recognise genuinely lost coins when your search head passes over them .
6 The following exercise would take only a few minutes every day .
7 It would take only a few minutes to open a door , search out the riding boots and pour a little mercury over each spur . ’
8 Tidying your Windows Program Manager will take only a few minutes and might save hours of frustration in the future .
9 The pack emphasises that , for most smaller employers , assessments need take only a few minutes ' observation and the use of common sense .
10 The descent took only a few minutes , but then the man had to make a laborious return journey with the empty sledge , which might take half an hour .
11 It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings .
12 It took only a few minutes for the Doctor to break down and analyse the strangely oily powder , using the lateral molecular rectifier to be absolutely certain .
13 It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead .
14 The map shown in Figure 4.1 took only a few minutes to produce , and is easily amended and redrawn .
15 Moeri 's original procedure , of adding the chemicals to the second vat , would however have taken only a few minutes and would have left the reaction in no condition to explode .
16 There had been no problem in finding a matching replacement for the cut piece ; a hardware shop in Inverness had supplied it , and it had taken only a few minutes to fit .
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