Example sentences of "[num] minutes for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , the meeting can proceed ; otherwise , the usual practice is for the meeting to wait a maximum of 15 to 30 minutes for a quorum to assemble . |
| 2 | Many queued for up to 30 minutes for a chance to add their signature . |
| 3 | 1 Mix all of the ingredients together in a small bowl and leave at room temperature for 30 minutes for the flavours to develop . |
| 4 | Originally edited down to 22 minutes for a half-hour TV show ( the other eight minutes being time for adverts and credits ) , Havis and his team had so much fascinating footage left over it was incorporated back in to produce this more detailed full-length video . |
| 5 | Although Thompson , the hooker , was sin-binned for 10 minutes for a foul in a tackle on Platt , Wakefield were never troubled and two minutes after he departed Wilson dribbled past a swarm of defenders to score by the posts . |
| 6 | One the flour and water are mixed to a paste , it takes about 10 minutes for the heat to develop . |
| 7 | The process is fast — about 4–6 minutes for the cream and 6–8 minutes for the mousse — and as it dissolves hair a little below the surface of the skin , the result is often smoother , without stubble , and a slower regrowth then shaving . |
| 8 | It took three minutes for a plain-clothes policeman to reach the booths , but all were empty . |
| 9 | The trains which handled the local traffic took ninety minutes for the journey . |
| 10 | The process is fast — about 4–6 minutes for the cream and 6–8 minutes for the mousse — and as it dissolves hair a little below the surface of the skin , the result is often smoother , without stubble , and a slower regrowth then shaving . |
| 11 | Sixteen minutes for the perm to take . |
| 12 | Tony Philliskirk pulled one back for Peterborough , which meant an anxious last 5 minutes for the London Road faithful . |
| 13 | Bake at 170°C ( 325°F/Gas Mark 3 ) , allowing 40 minutes for the cakes baked in the small basins and 55 minutes for the cake baked in the large basin . |
| 14 | Manjrekar , who in the first Test struggled for 36 minutes for a duck , batted nine minutes short of five hours before India , 31 ahead on first innings , declared at 312–8 . |
| 15 | The boot was on the other foot however when the President 's wife Naina kept Norma Major waiting 25 minutes for a lunch date at the Savoy . |
| 16 | The incident last weekend happened just a few hundred yards from Bishop Auckland ambulance station , but it took 25 minutes for a vehicle to arrive from Durham City 12 miles away . |
| 17 | Staff at St Heliers in Carshalton say doors were left unlocked for up to ten minutes for an emergency patient to be admitted , but Union officials say security is sloppy . |
| 18 | Tommy Weir , 66 , of Walker Street , in Fauldhouse , West Lothian , died last Thursday of a heart attack after waiting more than 50 minutes for an ambulance which had been sent to Falkirk by mistake . |
| 19 | Clap your hands once every five minutes for a fortnight , to keep hungry birds off . |
| 20 | 11.00 : Break for five minutes for a cup of coffee . |
| 21 | Five minutes for a job like that . |
| 22 | A patch of moonlight means I have to wait nearly five minutes for the clouds to cover the moon again before I can climb the tree . |
| 23 | It takes just five minutes for the interviewer to ask , ‘ So where did you get the name from ? ’ |
| 24 | Needing the number of a firm in Guildford ( Candy Domestic Equipment ) I had waited for five minutes for the inquiry people to answer , been cut short when I attempted to give the address and then handed out two minutes of silence . |
| 25 | I looked at my watch instead and stopped every fifteen minutes for a rest . |
| 26 | Because Hector 's dolphins can not hold their breath for long and dives rarely exceed 2 minutes ( compared with up to 8 minutes for a bottlenose dolphin ) , entanglement in a set-net is usually fatal . |
| 27 | PHIL SIMMONS smashed 17 boundaries as he raced to a brilliant 106 in only 150 minutes for the West Indies yesterday . |
| 28 | As eating-time continues , the body sends out more and more satiety signals , but it is estimated that it takes about twenty minutes for a meal to have its full effect in filling our stomachs and sending out all the other physical signals of sufficiency . |
| 29 | Carlton police station , which is my police station , you can wait twenty minutes for the phone to be answered . |
| 30 | Powerhouse walked out after complaining that they had been kept waiting for 40 minutes for the court and Components Bureau claimed the points by default and then appealed unsuccessfully against the Scottish Association 's decision to rearrange the fixture . |