Example sentences of "[vb -s] a minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I , I was quite fascinated having lunch one day with a journ a Melbourne journalist erm and this was about six months after Murdoch had taken over the Melbourne Sun all this and we were chatting away and I actually threw in the stuff which were saying about how papers are there to make profits these days so that 's what drives them and that journalists journalists on newspapers such as Murdoch 's papers , write what they 're supposed to write and she and I got quite out of with one another and and the bottom liner was that she , she absolutely totally and utterly denied what we were saying and I said to her okay if you were given a story to write you know and it was opposite to how you would view it , what would you do and she said oh well I , I would have to write it and the issue with the Murdoch papers and it 's quite interesting because I mean I 'm sure you can with other newspapers but I , I 've just got a bit more is that Murdoch never ever writes a minute or a memo to his editor or staff saying this is what the line is ever . |
| 2 | A miner 's resting heart rate can be between 40 and 60 beats a minute , compared with about 70 for a typical male . |
| 3 | A normal resting heartbeat is around 70–80 beats a minute . |
| 4 | The average for men is between 70 and 85 a minute ; a woman 's pulse tends to be faster at 75–90 beats a minute . |
| 5 | At birth , the heart races along at 140 beats a minute , but by the time we reach adulthood the rate has dropped to 70 beats a minute . |
| 6 | His body flexed as he hauled the heavy bike up on to the centre stand , and her heart jerked and accelerated to a steady two hundred beats a minute . |
| 7 | If a member arrives a minute late , you should be well into the business . |
| 8 | This includes a minute minder facility and provides full automatic control of the main oven . |
| 9 | The company also announced a new 6825 laser printer that does 60 A4 pages a minute and can print on both sides of the paper . |
| 10 | TAKE THAT : ‘ Take That And Party ’ Brit equivalent of New Kids offer their 12-track debut , featuring two Top 20 singles , ‘ It Only Takes A Minute ’ and ‘ I Found Heaven ’ |
| 11 | Correcting this at home takes a minute or two with needle and thread — but I did n't have a sewing kit with me on my first outing . |
| 12 | It is all a question of being organised and having a plan ; after all , it takes a minute to tell the gardeners to spray this or frame that … ’ |
| 13 | The journey takes a minute or so under the hour : half what it took in Flaubert 's day . |
| 14 | ‘ It only takes a minute . |
| 15 | Diesel technology may have come a long way , but even a BMW lets out a puff or two of blue smoke when starting from cold , and takes a minute or two to settle into its stride . |
| 16 | Richard Waterhouse , who runs the RAC 's Child Safety Campaign , said : ‘ It only takes a minute to ensure a child is safely strapped in . |
| 17 | It takes a minute to sink in like . |
| 18 | And how , it takes a minute a mile does n't it ? |
| 19 | This in turn creates a minute gap between the board and the socket into which dust particles can gather . |
| 20 | Six hundred rounds a minute thumped into the inert body . |
| 21 | Fifteen aimed rounds a minute was usual , but many experienced marksmen would be able to discharge 30 . |