Example sentences of "[pers pn] [num] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'll take me fifty minutes |
| 2 | In November 1979 the Iranians had taken over the American Embassy in Teheran and held the staff hostage for 444 days , only releasing them 30 minutes after Carter had left office . |
| 3 | I 'll give them three minutes . |
| 4 | One ninety-minute cassette gives you forty-five minutes on each side which is enough for most people . |
| 5 | Hot Shot 's monthly releases gave you 45 minutes of video excerpts of the latest computer games for only £5 . |
| 6 | Somebody 's given you ten minutes . |
| 7 | I gave you ten minutes or so of the lesson to look at some words . |
| 8 | They allowed you five minutes from your house to the tram-stop they had selected , and then five minutes to walk to the courts . |
| 9 | We 'd say : ‘ Bugger off — we 'll give you five minutes . ’ |
| 10 | Even if everything does go wrong the interviewer will have forgotten the disasters which seem so catastrophic to you five minutes after you have left the room . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll give you five minutes , ’ he said wearily . |
| 12 | Some screws were more lenient than others and you learned when you saw who came round to wake you up how much you had to hurry — whether it was one who 'd put you on report if you were one minute late or if they would give you five minutes ' grace . |
| 13 | It 'll only take you five minutes . ’ |
| 14 | I 'll give you five minutes breath of fresh air , alright ? |
| 15 | Yeah okay well I 'll I 'll try and give you five minutes before eleven o'clock so er so you can nip over to the video room or wherever it 's being played . |
| 16 | You do n't go into areas that are poorly lit if you can help it , you do n't take a short cut through the dark woods because it 'll save you five minutes on your journey , stick in well lit , we well lit areas . |
| 17 | ‘ I can afford to give you fifteen minutes now . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll give you fifteen minutes ; then I 'm coming back in , ’ he said , putting his head round the door just as she threw back the covers . |
| 19 | I 'll give you fifteen minutes . ’ |
| 20 | Again , some feedback on the flip chart erm let's give you fifteen minutes for that so it 's coming up to five past twenty past |
| 21 | If it took you 15 minutes then you were walking at 4 m.p.h. : Speed = Distance/Time = 1 mile/0.25 hours |
| 22 | I 'll give you twenty minutes to get ready . ’ |
| 23 | So if you would like to prepare yourself responses and ready for a preparation , not preparation , presentation erm it 's coming to half past nine give you twenty minutes on that preparation , so if we can be back ten to ten this group please . |
| 24 | You 've got I 'll give you twenty minutes and it 's got ta be ready to be handed over to the other group in twenty minutes time . |
| 25 | Erm yo there was so many trains into Nottingham , into Victoria at twelve minutes , it took you thirty minutes into the Midland Station , having called at and , and all sorts of places on the way . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll give you two minutes . ’ |
| 27 | allow you seven minutes in initially also and so |
| 28 | But , in changing direction , the hurricane had given them ten minutes of further respite . |
| 29 | And I 'd only done them ten minutes before |
| 30 | ‘ Bill called me ten minutes ago from the track , ’ she said . |