Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] twenty minute " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The break lasted twenty minutes ; but it was not a complete break for the horseman for he was still in charge of the horses ; and as they were not feeding they sometimes got restless , especially in the summer-time when the flies worried them and sometimes caused a horse to get his foot over a trace . |
| 2 | The white Mercedes bus that had waited at the end of the line for the red-shirted storm-troopers left twenty minutes after the attack started . |
| 3 | Assembly for flight takes twenty minutes . |
| 4 | … My return journey with the soup took twenty minutes ; the soup was cold , and the Empress had fallen asleep in her chair . |
| 5 | Gazzer wasted twenty minutes on the sea front waiting for a bus to take him up as far as the Leisure Centre . |
| 6 | The jury took twenty minutes to return a verdict of guilty . |
| 7 | Telephone call took twenty minutes and had to explain how I had arrived at such a decision . |
| 8 | Alida Thorne sat rigid until the calling ceased and the house folded back into silence , and her clock showed twenty minutes past twelve . |