Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do let me know the minute he returns . ’ |
| 2 | I had been asked to let her know the minute I saw his car arrive . |
| 3 | Yes , we 'd better just approve the minutes of the meeting process , of the last meeting first of all , had n't we lads ? |
| 4 | But like just for you to know that , I mean , at the moment , got a slight shortage of staff and , us little Express girlies are like , we 're all sort of desperate to please them well , and because we need to , if a customer rings we 're always there for them and the problem is , I 've got like two phones on my desk at the moment , so , I could guarantee the minute I put my phone down , if anybody else is on the phone ha , bloody phone 's still ringing , I have got to answer it . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry , I 'll need every minute I 've got . ’ |
| 6 | And , dearie , you 'll need every minute of it . |
| 7 | He was surprised at himself for looking forward to her arrival and the hard , punishing exercises ; for feeling anxious , if her coming was delayed ; for hoping she would linger a minute afterwards and talk about the weather or some unusual flurry on the corridor . |
| 8 | ‘ If you 'll just wait a minute , I 'll ask someone to come and talk to you . ’ |
| 9 | you did , you 're the cleverest girl in the world are n't you ? there 's your space suit where are you ? , come here while I pull your pants up , pants up first , pants up first lets run some water wait a minute your trousers are not pulled up right both hands in a little bit of soap on , now rub them together good rinse , get all the soap off , right shake , rattle and roll , hands washed , I mean dried sorry |
| 10 | Okay wait a minute . |
| 11 | She looks the part and no doubt would enjoy every minute of it . ’ |
| 12 | Most people think that local government is still run by ill-mannered bureaucrats who would not survive a minute in the rough and tumble of commerce . |
| 13 | Further , there seems no reason to suppose that mental events do not also occupy space-as do other events of which we can not specify the minute space or the minute and myriad spaces which they occupy . |
| 14 | Perhaps I 'll do the minutes of the meeting , like at the bank . |
| 15 | She could see the minute bristles on his jaw , imagined , before she could stop herself , the rough male touch of them over her skin . |
| 16 | ‘ If the Governor set aside four hours every day for two months he could spend a minute on each decision package , not enough time to read it , let alone make an analysis of its merits ’ ( Anthony , 1977 , p. 19 ) . |
| 17 | Running in some ritual or phase of a game — for they did n't spend every minute of each day crawling and peering and prodding the ground — he had caught his foot in a root and fallen headlong . |
| 18 | It 's funny how you can spend every minute of every day with someone , and then never see her for weeks on end , just because you 'd stopped even thinking about her . |
| 19 | ‘ Except that we ca n't spend every minute of the time we 're together making love , can we ? |
| 20 | The 1981 census showed that nearly 97 per cent of people of pensionable age were thus accommodated ; while the recent dramatic growth of private residential care may increase the proportion in institutional care , the fact remains that they will remain a minute fraction of the elderly population . |
| 21 | ‘ Father , can you spare a minute ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Could you spare a minute ? ’ |
| 23 | And I wo n't spare a minute 's thought for the fact that Piers has n't been around for the entire day , and lord only knows what he 's getting up to with Nicole . |
| 24 | Can you spare a minute to come in ? |
| 25 | ‘ I really ca n't stay a minute longer . ’ |
| 26 | When you show the results of your labour to a friend or relative they do not make a minute examination of every component . |
| 27 | Erm , I think so there 's no dispute as to what the terms of the order are , er Mr it might be helpful if you could erm prepare a minute of order for lodging |
| 28 | It can detect the minute water movements produced by the muscular twitches of its prey . |
| 29 | If minutes have been circulated the Chairman will say : " May I sign the minutes of the last meeting as a true record ? " |
| 30 | To approve and sign the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at Rutherford School , Penfold Street , London on Friday , 16th March 1979 . |