Example sentences of "few minutes [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . |
| 2 | She was in food time this morning , and could spend a few minutes on the bridge , looking at the river . |
| 3 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 4 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 5 | The 5 sins were such things as letting his Bible fall by accident , jumping about for a few minutes on the sabbath , forgetting that it was Sunday , and hesitating to lend his sister a book which she asked him for . ' |
| 6 | Early one pre-Sale morning a stranger silently passed two sorters working in the vestibule , went for a few minutes into the Church , which happened at eh time to be empty of all nut noods , and then said to them as he walked out ‘ You 've made that Church live . ’ |
| 7 | Add the rice and saffron and sauté for a few minutes with the onion until opaque . |
| 8 | Zounds ! — I 'd like a few minutes at the bottom of her ! |
| 9 | So that few minutes at the end is important for picking up these extra marks you 've been trying to throw away , okay , where you can do it , and the few minutes at the beginning is to look through and find that question wherever it was , that one on the last page . |
| 10 | It is exceptionally ironic still to find children in a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the modern world , condemned to drone away in their music lessons over nineteenth-century hymn tunes , with dancing relegated to a few minutes at the conclusion of the physical education lessons . |
| 11 | I heard the match on radio 5 an all , although CEEFAX said the ko was 8.00 so I missed a few minutes at the start . |
| 12 | So that few minutes at the end is important for picking up these extra marks you 've been trying to throw away , okay , where you can do it , and the few minutes at the beginning is to look through and find that question wherever it was , that one on the last page . |
| 13 | ‘ He is fully committed for several weeks ahead , but he could spare you a few minutes at the end of his list one day . ’ |
| 14 | With our all-purpose Lloyds bankcard ( Visa/cashcard/ cheque guarantee card ) we were able to obtain up to our daily maximum limit on any one day , in US$ , within a few minutes at the bank . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Although it takes a few minutes for the body to send out any strong signals of satiety it is probable that chewing and swallowing movements do begin to send messages to the brain . |
| 17 | In the last few minutes of the Committee stage we had an interesting debate when the Hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) defended what had happened . |
| 18 | The first few minutes of the film were somehow missing , but he watched it through to the end . |
| 19 | The last few minutes of the play were , Shaffer told me ‘ simply an object lesson in comic timing . |
| 20 | Many of these organisations are within a few minutes of the King 's Buildings . |
| 21 | I saw the last few minutes of the game when I got back from the pub last night and was amazed to hear some commentator say ‘ Manchester United have n't lost at home in the European Cup for 37 years ’ . |
| 22 | His wife dies in the opening few minutes of the movie and he spends the rest of his life mourning her . |
| 23 | The House should listen to what the Minister has to say in the last few minutes of the debate . |
| 24 | Anyone selling aluminium step ladders outside the Belfry could have made a fortune because after the first few minutes of the match , newcomers realised they could n't see the action on a flat course , unsympathetic to any onlooker less than six feet in height . |
| 25 | As it was , the first few minutes of the talk was written by Intel 's legal department cautioning that patent applications covered the material about to be discussed . |
| 26 | Sometimes within just a few minutes of the arrival of leaf-eating creatures , the tannin content is up to levels which make not only the leaves under attack , but all the other leaves of the tree toxic or at least unpalatable . |
| 27 | Every few minutes down the river we would see a wild cocoa tree on the bank , and exploring in the forest behind we usually found many more trees . |
| 28 | This homely and very Tyrolean four-star hotel is close to the golf course , and just a few minutes from the resort centre . |
| 29 | It 's set in its own park with beautiful rolling gardens leading down to the road which separates the hotel from its own private beach , yet is only a few minutes from the centre . |
| 30 | Almost as cruel was the way they lost , a few minutes from the end , having fought back to equalise . |