Example sentences of "minute [conj] so [conj] the " in BNC.

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1 Check every 20 minutes or so that the water has not boiled away and , if so , replenish with boiling water .
2 And President Gorbachev stood up there for about 15 minutes or so before the television pictures were cut .
3 Try and keep the majority of writing to the period of five minutes or so after the interviewee has left , when you should sum up the points while they are fresh in your mind .
4 The bacteria reproduce every 20 minutes or so until the food source has expired and the smell gone .
5 Holyfield came under such prolonged assault in the first minute or so that the crowd were reduced to a state of suspended animation , tensed for the moment when he would drop .
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