Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the splash of the water , and the squeak and thump of the diving boards , the calls of the Indians to each other and an occasional squeal of delight from the child , it was still , and a thrush , lodged in a tree on the common beyond , dominated for minutes together the air above the sequestered pool . |
| 2 | It was announced that Mrs Ann Lucas has resigned as Minutes Secretary since her new job makes it difficult for her to travel from Aberystwyth for committee meetings . |
| 3 | Cook for minute then gradually add the milk , stirring well . |
| 4 | She did n't know if they had been driving for minutes or days . |
| 5 | If only they had n't interfered she might have been let off minute by minute her situation worsened . |
| 6 | Er , we had a breeders ' meeting in October which was I enjoy them very much , I enjoy the the talk because it 's the first chance I get during the year when I can sit down and listen and I do n't have to worry about them generally , in another club , I do n't have to worry about minutes or anything , I just sit and listen and it 's great it , I really enjoy that . |
| 7 | In this case the offender was caught within minutes , his movements watched from a central control room a mile away . |
| 8 | Two pubs were attacked within minutes by a gang armed with a pick-axe . |
| 9 | If the fish was fresh it was because it had been deep frozen within minutes of being caught and packed up to be bought by her goodness only knew how many months later for Mark 's Lenten supper . |
| 10 | A violent headache can be safely dissolved within minutes without having to resort to aspirin or paracetamol with their accompanying side-effects . |
| 11 | But for skipper Graham Gooch , a search for inner peace after the turmoil of his marriage rift was shattered in minutes . |
| 12 | You do n't need to minute that . |
| 13 | In other species , a proportion of cannibals is present whatever the circumstances , and will prey on minute shrimps and other freshwater animals as well as on their fellow tadpoles . |
| 14 | Still less when you descend to minute measurements does half an inch mean about half an inch . |
| 15 | In each experiment the radiation from a 32 P source was determined as counts per minute ( cpm ) from 5 individual 1-minute countings . |
| 16 | The handicaps are worked out on the results of a trial race and then on all subsequent races everyone starts at minute intervals depending on their previous result . |
| 17 | This means that we have to respond to customer requirements minute by minute . |
| 18 | Alyssia held her breath for what seemed like minutes . |
| 19 | Two other Protestant men were shot within minutes of the attack . |
| 20 | It was concerned with the status of itself as an organization and of the degrees it awarded : the question of status was , in Christopherson 's words , ‘ there , but not written in minutes ! ’ |
| 21 | The screen is divided vertically into time periods ranging from minutes — for arranging a meeting — to years , presumably for scheduling your life . |
| 22 | It can be done within minutes . ’ |
| 23 | And yet it may still be true that he came within minutes of Jerome 's flight , found the man only stunned , stooped close and knew him , for then knowing was possible , and killed him , and only then took thought how to escape suspicion , and came running into the town , to me . ’ |
| 24 | Neither MacLeod nor Michael Weir was available four days earlier when Hibs put up spirited resistance to Aberdeen and came within minutes of getting at least one point . |
| 25 | Two IRA car bombs exploded within minutes , wrecking scores of offices in the commercial heart of the city . |
| 26 | A voice synthesiser continuously speaks to the unauthorised driver warning that Autoseeker has been activated , the police alerted and that the vehicle will be automatically disabled within minutes . |
| 27 | Everyone knows the very elaborate silk blouses , often from the Far East , with collars and insets made from minute silk tubes , faggot-stitched together in elaborate whirling patterns . |
| 28 | The sample flowers are made in minutes . |
| 29 | The tartness of the gooseberries and the sweetness of the mangoes combine well to create this refreshing dessert which can literally be made in minutes . |
| 30 | It is transmitted by a blackfly which breeds in rivers and passes on minute parasitic worms from other infected humans . |