Example sentences of "in [prep] [art] [adj] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |
| 2 | Even so , it was not unusual for friends and kinsmen to drop in for a few minutes , an hour , to see the news or a comedy . |
| 3 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
| 4 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 5 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 6 | She measures out her guarded replies to him in neat , carefully checked words , as once she had suggested , from the top of the steps outside their front door , that Millie might like to invite me in for a few minutes . |
| 7 | In about a few minutes . |
| 8 | Again erm the game was to and fro , see-sawing one way and then the other , erm quite an exciting game to the uncommitted considering there were no goals scored erm in about the seventieth minute , Neil Sibble , he took the ball from the half way line on an individual run , but after beating two defenders his shot was well saved by Harding . |
| 9 | We 'll be sending one of our own men in in a few minutes . ’ |
| 10 | He headed in in the 31st minute after Wright 's centre had taken a deflection , then scored from the penalty spot after being brought down by Bennett . |
| 11 | One , two , three , four five six , seven , eight no one , two three , four there 's nine so we 'll probably have to take some stools in , but I wo n't take them in till the last minute . |
| 12 | BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid . |
| 13 | She explained : ‘ I was called in at the last minute to help style a photographic session for Kylie about 18 months ago and it went from there . |
| 14 | Every September we have the small ad hoc Cabinet committee known as the ‘ Star Chamber ’ [ MISC 62 ] in which Lord Whitelaw sits down and tries to bang heads together , and then the Prime Minister comes in at the last minute and bangs heads together even more . |
| 15 | Yes , it 's disappointing , but when someone comes in at the last minute then the adrenalin flows and you can have a very lively show . |
| 16 | ‘ If you 'll wash the lettuce I 'll make my special dressing and we could pick some wild sorrel and chop it in at the last minute . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I used dried ones and I 'm going to put some frozen ones in at the last minute . ’ |
| 18 | Speakers were David Snow of BP Bitor ( the company which imports and markets the fuel from Venezuela ) , Peter Taylor from the Oil Pollution Research Unit at Fort Popton , Dr Clive Morgan , also from Fort Popton but who was drafted in at the last minute to play the part of National Power Plc , and finally Gordon James of Narberth Friends of the Earth . |
| 19 | He would probably slip in at the last minute , just as a matter of duty . |
| 20 | I think one of the ideas behind the the party chipping in on this is because it would be extremely convenient for people who are popping in at the last minute for |
| 21 | Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute . |