Example sentences of "few minutes [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've just heard in the last few minutes that the application for that hotel to be listed has been turned down . |
| 2 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |
| 3 | A second limitation is that the duration of the effect with standard doses is confined to only a few minutes before the drug diffuses around the circle of Willis and into the opposite hemisphere . |
| 4 | As it was only a few minutes before the shop closed , he forbore to detail the checkout girl with his usual badinage about the finer points of philosophy or astrophysics . |
| 5 | Despite being normally mesmerised by the subject of the early Renaissance artists , on this occasion I was grateful to see the professor stacking up his papers a few minutes before the lecture was scheduled to end . |
| 6 | I ad-libbed for a few minutes while the re-take was set up and they warmed to me , which boosted my confidence and gave me the edge . |
| 7 | The last I saw of Angy was a few minutes after the class ended . |
| 8 | It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below . |
| 9 | But the time should still be only a few minutes and the parent should go to collect the child and indicate when it is appropriate to join the family again . |
| 10 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 11 | This is a common reaction to the effect of the remedy and you should wait and expect to see an improvement over the next few minutes or an hour or so depending on how severe the illness is . |
| 12 | ‘ If it 's all right by you , I 'll wait a few minutes until the storm subsides , ’ Vitor said , as thunder boomed again . |
| 13 | Simmer for a few minutes until the sauce is thickened . |