Example sentences of "took only [art] few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | The descent took only a few minutes , but then the man had to make a laborious return journey with the empty sledge , which might take half an hour . |
| 2 | It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings . |
| 3 | It took only a few minutes for the Doctor to break down and analyse the strangely oily powder , using the lateral molecular rectifier to be absolutely certain . |
| 4 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 5 | The map shown in Figure 4.1 took only a few minutes to produce , and is easily amended and redrawn . |