Example sentences of "it [verb] only [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It happened only two minutes from home , ’ he recalls . |
| 2 | It takes only 10 minutes to get to the shops in the wheelchair . |
| 3 | HP reckons it takes only 30 minutes to complete the swap and get the new system running . |
| 4 | Both can run the same software , and Telecom Eire , a new Alpha user , says it takes only 30 minutes to upgrade VAX to Alpha . |
| 5 | No fewer than three railway stations offer a fast service to Paris ; and at night it takes only twenty minutes to drive from the town 's centre to the Etoile . |
| 6 | It took only eight minutes for Portadown to take the lead . |
| 7 | It took only two minutes of lying stretched and rigid on his bed for Alex Mair to realize that sleep was unlikely to come . |
| 8 | It took only fifteen minutes before she was removing her bulbous black space helmet outside the house on avenue Foch . |
| 9 | It took only ten minutes to get from the Hatton 's flat to Bailey Street where , at number ten , Jack Pertwee lived with his widowed father . |
| 10 | It took only ten minutes of private weeping , however , to clear her head . |
| 11 | ‘ It took only 40 minutes to get there which is quite satisfactory . |
| 12 | It took only 40 minutes to get there which is quite satisfactory . |