Example sentences of "take five minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply peg out the design , wind on the warp thread and get weaving — it only takes five minutes . |
| 2 | Takes five minutes . |
| 3 | When you have finished — it might take five minutes or five hours — look through your notes and pick out the central themes . |
| 4 | It is often complained of by many that a meeting will take five minutes to agree the expenditure of ten million and two hours to debate a minor item worth only a few thousand . |
| 5 | It may take five minutes of real time to play the match . |
| 6 | Ca can I just say one thing , though , if you me nip out , it 's not that I do n't want to listen to this , er , it 's in connection with the property er worries that er , Geoffrey said , I 've got to sign a lot of er , arm twisting letters , which I , they want me to sign today , so if I can take five minutes out to sign those , I hope you will not feel I 'm trying to er skive off , as it were . |
| 7 | Yeah I 'd considered buying it and all that , you know it do n't take five minutes you know , and I took it for a test drive |
| 8 | But in showers you can like take five minutes sometimes . |
| 9 | Women fully occupied with children , poor and under stress , may be advised to pursue personal growth within these limits , taking five minutes each day for themselves , to read the newspaper , drink coffee , or relax , for instance . |
| 10 | Taking five minutes in the morning , at the beginning of the day , to draw up a ‘ things to do ’ list is a useful way of planning time . |
| 11 | He managed this with the help of a flannel , some scented soap from England which he kept for special occasions and a kettleful of hot water that took five minutes to boil on the single electric ring that served as a cooker and , in winter , as a heater . |
| 12 | It took five minutes to establish the link , and for the operator to get out Delaney 's short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the drop zone . |
| 13 | The advert for the community tailoring unit looked good ; the sartorial needs assessment took five minutes ; the product was delivered in 48 hours , it looked slick and it was very cheap . |
| 14 | He took five minutes to type out the piece and comment on it . |
| 15 | A wizened butler opened the door to Topaz , but it took five minutes of heated argument before she was allowed to step over the threshold of Stone Towers . |
| 16 | But as it is as you say you know it took five minutes before it all happened in I find this very do n't you ? |
| 17 | A blood sample was taken five minutes after completing the drink and further samples were taken at 10 minutes intervals for 90 minutes . |
| 18 | Take five minutes and tell me what it is you want me to do for Lynx . |
| 19 | He 's been rattling on about people bemoaning the passing of Trevino and Palmer , saying there are no characters left , merely machine-like robots who take five minutes to select a club , 10 minutes to line up a putt , and five-and-a-half hours to complete a round . |
| 20 | Give or take five minutes it was ten o'clock |
| 21 | What I usually do is just take five minutes to decide the best way |
| 22 | So if we take five minutes . |
| 23 | That seems a bit silly to take five minutes to load up and |
| 24 | no , it 's only going to take five minutes to get there |