Example sentences of "a few minutes [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quick action is vital , since anyone who stops breathing can usually live for only a few minutes without help . |
| 2 | But first he would have a few minutes of self-indulgence . |
| 3 | What will be a few minutes of footage on the screen took all day to film . |
| 4 | A few minutes of air time on a small radio station ? |
| 5 | The Blessed Sacrament Chapel is in a small room just inside the Presbytery door and to it come over a hundred people who give an hour of their time a week to ‘ watch ’ but there are countless others who come in just for a minute or two and there find a few minutes of silence and prayer . |
| 6 | There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food . |
| 7 | This was followed by a few minutes of silence . |
| 8 | I 've nothing against these two teams , but to be deprived of the euphoric English faces after only a few minutes of joy and achievement was an insult . |
| 9 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 10 | Drying time : wearable within the hour after drying in a warm room — if you do n't mind a few minutes of clamminess at the obvious places where the material is thicker such as the pockets and waistband . |
| 11 | It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister . |
| 12 | A few minutes of television time was so precious . |
| 13 | After a few minutes of practise , subjects adapt and are able to compensate for this distortion . |
| 14 | At first people will endorse General Morgan as ‘ king of Somalia ’ but , a few minutes into discussion , the truth is out . |
| 15 | Similarly , the clock on the front of the American Bulletin of Atomic Scientists stood at a few minutes to midnight , but the American government did not heed it . |
| 16 | I shall deal mainly with the latter subject , but I intend to spend just a few minutes on education . |
| 17 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |
| 18 | Shiona 's plane touched down at Glasgow airport just a few minutes before midday the following day . |
| 19 | With full-back Ian Hunter not appearing Cumbria were in doubt about their line-up until a few minutes before kick-off , but showed no signs of uncertainty when the action began , winning a penalty from their first attack . |
| 20 | Sandison could not be sure how much Maidstone had had to drink that day — it was still a few minutes before noon — but he knew that he was sober enough to understand fully what was going on . |
| 21 | Additionally , in this particular case there is another problem — since the shot is being taken a few minutes before sunset , the light is weak , and demands a long exposure . |
| 22 | Additionally , in this particular case there is another problem — since the shot is being taken a few minutes before sunset , the light is weak , and demands a long exposure . |
| 23 | I could train birds on the bitter bead , shock them , either immediately or a few minutes after training , and compare the biochemistry in the birds which had tasted the bead but forgotten the association with that in the birds which had tasted and remembered the bead . |
| 24 | Family run hotel , located a few minutes from seafront , close to all amenities . |
| 25 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 26 | ‘ I was thinking of a smoke myself , ’ he said , his eyes fixed on the pouch , as if staring it down , ‘ if I had a few minutes in hand . ’ |
| 27 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 28 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 29 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 30 | It 's only a few minutes by air , ’ he explained when she looked astonished . |