Example sentences of "in [num] minutes [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was all over in 45 minutes but it seemed an eternity , ’ said Colin .
2 ‘ Miss Honey taught it to us in three minutes so we 'll never forget it .
3 And in ten minutes if they ai n't down here , I 'm going back up there !
4 Memory loss was the worst aspect , the fact that he was unable to complete a crossword puzzle in ten minutes as he once could troubled him .
5 but they 're not in control of their body , so you must watch them , talk to them and if , if you can walk along the road with them , talking to them now the , there is the other type where you get the aura , they know they 're going to have a fit , so if somebody at your work place comes along and says to you I 'm gon na have a fit in five minutes , I mean do n't laugh at them and think ha ha , take them to a room where they 're safe and this applies to all epileptic fits , they 've got to be safe , so you 're going to clear a room of any danger , they 're laying down on the floor theirself because they 've got time they know they 're going to have this fit , if they 've got something to put in their mouth alright they will put it in their mouths themselves and once again they 've got five minutes to do it in and then that person will go through their fit , you stay with them , you comply by their wishes , if they say to you right , well just leave me when I come round I , do n't touch me I 'll be alright , they know , so you , you comply by their wish wishes , erm but only go in when you feel it is necessary , if they say right , erm I , I should regain consciousness in ten minutes and they have n't , you 're there , you stay there in case make sure they 're safe , there 's nothing there that can hurt them , then they 'll probably get up at the end of the fit and erm go into a room for a rest and say thank you very much and er , erm that 's it .
6 Now you 're gon na get on and read it and you can report back in ten minutes and I do n't want any questions .
7 My parents are gon na be here in it 's twenty to eight , they were , they said they 'd be here in ten minutes and I 've got to run down .
8 Er we 're not gon na go in five minutes unless you 're sitting quietly
9 You can have Sesame Street in five minutes if you
10 I 'd thank them and I 'd be home in five minutes and I could sit in Peter 's room looking at his stuff and chatting with him .
11 The flight from Tenerife was due in fifteen minutes and he saw that there was a screen on the wall that would show when it landed .
12 This last pony I had , from Mrs to Soham church , she used to do it in twenty minutes and I never held the reins .
13 He ha scored ten in thirty minutes before he was hit on the temple of his helmet by a ball from Marshall that lifted sharply ; with his vision blurred it was several days before he left hospital , and he did not play again all season .
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