Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] minute " in BNC.
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1 | It was not her age — she told Edward within minutes that she was twenty-seven — and it was not the effect of cares or worry , the lines around her eyes were laughter lines . |
2 | Two other Protestant men were shot in McClintock Street within minutes of the attack on the former UDR man in Amelia Street . |
3 | The Stereos are a showband , idiot joy notwithstanding , they turn the grubby and inauspicious Marquee into the Harlem Apollo within minutes , fanning the fire limit into a regular blaze without so much as an ‘ everybody in the house say ‘ Ho ! ’ ’ |
4 | He had n't been able to raise Manolo for minutes . |
5 | Police , some wearing body armour , swarmed into Lambourn within minutes of the shots being fired . |
6 | Once we did not know where the Battlebus was going to stop during a tour of Suffolk until minutes before it arrived . |
7 | The coffee tray was carried out by Alex Mair within minutes and , cups in hand , the little party wandered aimlessly among the terracotta pots like strangers reluctant to be introduced or like actors on a stage set , self-absorbed , pondering their lines , waiting for the rehearsal to begin . |