Example sentences of "[adj] minutes ' work " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been a grand few minutes ' work . |
| 2 | A snap survey in the West Country by New Scientist found that a number of garages want £8 or more for what should be just a few minutes ' work . |
| 3 | There 's all sorts of accidents not only having the computer switched off , you might accidentally mess the file up or erase it or whatever , er , you 've still got the original copy on the disk so if you keep saving it every ten minutes or so , then you always lose more than ten minutes ' work . |
| 4 | It would be five minutes ' work to beat this ignoramus . |
| 5 | After fifteen minutes ' work he had found nothing of interest . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's about all I can do here , ’ he grumbled , after twenty minutes ' work . |