Example sentences of "[adj] minute [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've had a splendid time , ’ she replied instead , and when some minutes later a taxi whisked them back to their hotel she felt it had been a dream of an evening . |
| 2 | The retired management consultant , of Kingsmead Avenue , Worcester Park , Surrey , thanked the jury for its verdicts , reached after just 30 minutes following a three-day trial at Southwark Crown Court . |
| 3 | She should also swim for 30 minutes once a week and do my video Thighs , Tums & Bums 1-2 times a week . |
| 4 | They do n't wait for 30 minutes once a week . ’ |
| 5 | So I hung around and , sure enough , a few minutes later a squad car turned up all its lights flashing . |
| 6 | A few minutes later a car drew up , its brakes screeching in the best SS fashion . |
| 7 | At about 7.45 ( ship time ) , they heard a major explosion and a few minutes later a searing hot blast of gas roared over St Pierre and the ships lying off shore , capsizing the steam ship Grappler , and rolling the Roraima so severely that she lost all her masts and smokestacks . |
| 8 | As I was struggling down the yard with the fully laden bucket a few minutes later a neighbour , Mrs Woods , saw me . |
| 9 | A few minutes later a youth with a shattered left knee-cap was wheeled on a low-slung ambulance trolley into the Cleansing Theatre . |
| 10 | Puzzled , the girl went off , and a few minutes later a grey haired woman in black entered the cubicle . |
| 11 | A few minutes later a second girl ran into the office . |
| 12 | A few minutes later a police jeep screeched to a halt outside . |
| 13 | But just a few minutes later a playgroup worker found the baby lying on the tiled floor next to the pushchair . |
| 14 | He could not explain why he ran or why he and David abandoned a car a few minutes later a mile from the town centre . |
| 15 | A few minutes earlier a JetRanger helicopter had lifted-off from Blackpool bound for Ronaldsway . |
| 16 | He is allowed visitors for 10 minutes once a week . |
| 17 | Xishe 's wife is allowed to see him for 45 minutes twice a year . |
| 18 | Three minutes later a curious little procession made its way up the stairs . |
| 19 | Ten minutes later a small party , including a highly suspicious private detective , made its way out through the tradesmen 's entrance , escorted by Auguste . |
| 20 | Ten minutes later a large green and white coach slid into view , coming to rest in the middle of the yard . |
| 21 | So we would get a screaming phone call from one of the local nurseries , and ten minutes later a howling , sopping bundle lands on the doorstep and the welcoming buti scoops it up , sick and nappies and all . |
| 22 | Five minutes later a plastic bag containing his wet , bloodstained pyjamas and a bottle of antiseptic fell on his bed and he heard Murray 's heavy footsteps retreat down the bare boards of the corridor . |
| 23 | Five minutes later a passenger aircraft appeared overhead and took up a hold at 7,000 feet . |
| 24 | At 11.30 a large-calibre shell exploded close by and fifteen minutes later a woman aged 60 was admitted to the hospital with an open fracture of the thigh . |
| 25 | If doctors are employed in a unit the amount of time they spend with a patient may be as little as fifteen minutes twice a week for a short-term attender and an astonishingly low four or five minutes per week for a long-term attender . |
| 26 | The doctor 's mild and unsensational belief was that fifteen minutes twice a day , on bus or train , in the roaring traffic 's boom , or the silence of your lonely room , can utterly change your life . |
| 27 | Twenty minutes later a Russian patrol boat , identified by the large numbers on its topsides , sped by , inspecting us from a distance . |
| 28 | Twenty minutes later a taxi arrived . |
| 29 | Soak your feet in the solution for at least 15 minutes twice a day , pat dry and sprinkle your feet and the inside of your shoes with a little arrowroot powder . |
| 30 | And why is why is going upside down for two minutes twice a day gon na make it grow again ? |