Example sentences of "few minutes of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The first few minutes of the film were somehow missing , but he watched it through to the end . |
| 3 | The last few minutes of the play were , Shaffer told me ‘ simply an object lesson in comic timing . |
| 4 | Many of these organisations are within a few minutes of the King 's Buildings . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | His wife dies in the opening few minutes of the movie and he spends the rest of his life mourning her . |
| 7 | The House should listen to what the Minister has to say in the last few minutes of the debate . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |