Example sentences of "[art] few minute " in BNC.
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1 | Moran was unassertive and attentive in the few minutes they discussed the game afterwards . |
2 | In the few minutes that he had been preparing dinner , the water drippng from his clothes had formed a pool round his feet . |
3 | In a political and administrative system as riddled with tradition as the British , the old model could , and probably will , be restored in the few minutes it takes a new prime minister to travel from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street . |
4 | During the few minutes they chatted , apart from mentioning he was divorced , he did not bring up Liza 's name . |
5 | No , each hitch was only temporary — and the few minutes of unplanned stillness was welcomed by photographers . |
6 | So that few minutes at the end is important for picking up these extra marks you 've been trying to throw away , okay , where you can do it , and the few minutes at the beginning is to look through and find that question wherever it was , that one on the last page . |
7 | Therefore , arbitrage can lead to the sale or purchase of very large blocks of shares , irrespective of the price , in the few minutes when the delivery price is determined . |
8 | ‘ You managed to organize all this in the few minutes I was out there ? |
9 | If you rely on your computer and value the investment you have made , then it is well worth the few minutes spent on preventative maintenance . |
10 | Well , keep awake for the few minutes and you might derive a little comfort from knowing what scientists can and ( more important ) can not do . |
11 | I shall not , however , let my hon. Friend hold me back during the few minutes that I shall use to unbridle myself . |
12 | President , congress in the few minutes available to me this afternoon to speak to my written report I want to touch on three issues . |
13 | Helen still looked doubtful , then she said tactfully , ‘ Sophie , I think we should leave Ian and Joanna alone for the few minutes that remain , do n't you ? ’ |
14 | For the few minutes he was trapped there he could feel the pull of the ocean on his legs . |
15 | In Rome a visitor can stand in front of a Baroque church , but a few minutes later , having walked only a short distance , may have plunged back in time to Antiquity . |
16 | It takes only a few minutes . |
17 | He and the housekeeper continued to converse for a few minutes and finally he said , ‘ Very well , Mrs Pettifer , sherry at six . ’ |
18 | I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’ |
19 | Look , I 'm going to be snarled up in another meeting in a few minutes . |
20 | I was silent for a moment , trying desperately hard to remember events that had happened only a few minutes earlier . |
21 | After a few minutes , my friend reappeared . |
22 | I 'll catch up with you again in a few minutes . |
23 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
24 | Although you may get ridiculously low because of pressing on too hard , when , a few minutes later , you are back in the good conditions several thousand feet up , you must forget the wasted time and concentrate on flying normally . |
25 | Trestles make it all so much easier and safer , and it is worth while having a second one so that everyone can relax for a few minutes if it is proving difficult to align both wings to get the main pins in place . |
26 | Ideally , you need a few minutes to settle comfortably before setting off , but if you have to rush you can usually blame yourself for not getting in before he cable or towplane arrives . |
27 | Inevitably they come straight down in a few minutes looking rather sheepish ! |
28 | Moreover , it was but a few minutes walk from the Junior School ( Roslyn ) , and only a little further from the senior school ( Westmount High ) to which Esther and Leonard were duly sent . |
29 | ‘ Would you talk to me for a few minutes ? ’ |
30 | ‘ Just for a few minutes . |