How To Use Minutes In A Sentence

As I did at FIAC, I selected 18 galleries and asked their most anglophonic expert to pick an image and talk about it for under two minutes. Michael Kurcfeld: Doing Shots: The Old and the New at Paris Photo 2011 (VIDEO)
Twenty microliters of each antibody was added to 100 L of blood, and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes.
Let's find out what's coming up in a few minutes on "PAULA ZAHN NOW" -- Paula. CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2006
Only a few minutes had gone when the Welshman flung in an inviting right-foot cross to the back post.
Last night, a steady stream of people arrived at the evacuation centre in Brisbane's showground, only a few minutes' drive from the swollen river. Brisbane residents flee homes as floodwaters rise

It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
It was only a couple of minutes after his toe-curling DJ'ing started that I gave up and turned over.
One afternoon, I grew bored and actually fell asleep for a few minutes.
A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell. Bird Cloud
The AWPL, however, features eight-minute quarters providing 32 total minutes of game play and a little more lactic build-up, leg burn, and lung fatigue for the athletes.
He had made that long trek here for a few measly minutes of conversation.
Immerse the plant for a few minutes.
Kids sneaking into and R-rated film and having to be kicked out after a few minutes by n usher is one thing, but when the parents are taking them is another. R-Rated Movies: How Young Is Too Young? « FirstShowing.net
After only a few minutes my normally florid complexion had begun to resemble Florida. Times, Sunday Times
Toast sandwiches in a dry skillet over medium-low heat until outside is golden brown and inside is delightfully melty, about 3 minutes per side.
Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea. Edison, His Life and Inventions
The flight crew made a distress call and the aircraft landed safely on one engine around 14 minutes after take-off.
Bisbee is located about 90 minutes southeast of Tucson; take I-10 east to Benson, turning south on Highway 80.
Another ten minutes had passed, so Tim hit " redial " again. THE KILL CLAUSE
I looked over at the coffee pot, which had been done percolating for a good fifteen minutes.
Despite literally minutes browsing statto.com, we can't top that. The Knowledge | Which clubs have refunded fans due to player transfers? | Rob Smyth
Place under cold running water for 20 minutes.
The mask is left on for about 15 minutes while it sets to a rubbery texture.
After climbing a steep rise for about twenty minutes the road crested, then began to slope downwards, taking a more westerly direction.
The cats were then taken out of the room for 15 minutes, and the four bowls were replaced with identical empty ones. Times, Sunday Times
Minutes after they escaped, there was a fire flashover and the whole building went up in flames.
A mere two minutes passed before Cooks was celebrating again in the end zone, this time after a 32-yard punt return.
They are indeed miniatures, as the entire set of eight take about eight minutes to perform by the pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, violins, violas, cellos and one horn.
Finally after 15 minutes of perseverance the team scored -- not to the liking of the opposition, who had been defending excellently.
Grill, broil or cook patties in a nonstick fry pan, about 5 minutes per side until done.
That proud record lasted eight minutes before they were crushed under the German machine. The Sun
Pour into 1 quart casserole dish, top with cheese and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until brown and bubbly.
Fifteen minutes later centre forward Quigg was left free to hammer the ball home from 20 yards.
She just catnapped for 20 minutes to an hour at a time * all day and all night* for a total of 8 or so hours in a 24-hour cycle. Snap | Her Bad Mother
Spain dominated possession in the opening minutes and looked to have the measure of an uncertain Dutch backline. BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
When the water begins to simmer, set the timer for 6 minutes for a "squidgy" centre and 7 minutes for a hard centre. Archive 2007-04-01
Ten minutes later while I was conversing with my client, I felt a tap on my shoulder.
Cover the tray tightly with tinfoil and bake for 15 minutes. Times, Sunday Times
She efficiently drugged me out until six in the morning, when I phoned Chris's bleeper and got his return call five minutes later. They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff
Cover the bottom of each ramekin with some reserved caramel and set aside in the refrigerator until set, about two minutes.
That proud record lasted eight minutes before they were crushed under the German machine. The Sun
The distance he covered was one mile, and he did it in 24 minutes 36 seconds, a new world record.
Thirty-five minutes after arriving in Kendal I arrived at work.
The absence of bowel sounds for a full 5 minutes strongly suggests the existence of intestinal atony or ileus, which has many causes.
If you're running for more than 20 minutes, bring a water bottle and rehydrate during your workout as well as afterward.
The last 15 minutes are particularly soul-destroying.
Every few minutes a piercing ringing sound could be heard when the inspector examined each alarm.
Five minutes down the tarmac and we take an open and contouring track south-east.
Return to the freezer, and then repeat this process about 3-4 times, every 30 minutes, or until all of the granita mixture is formed of ice crystals.
Yes, some teachers and parents reflexively hand out the equivalent of a doggie biscuit every few minutes, the result being that kids habituate to it and it has no impact. Alfie Kohn: Criticizing (Common Criticisms of) Praise
Within two minutes he was back as frisky and free-moving as a foal.
WAIT for six minutes before drinking. The Sun
The vim seemed to seep out of Dundee at that point, and although they brought on Fabian Caballero with 15 minutes to go, to popular local acclaim, he was no more able to effect the result than his colleagues.
And then there is the current reprehensible practice of offering only two minutes of news throughout the day, with five minutes condescendingly given at certain selected times.
Smear chicken pieces generously with mole and bake in a moderate oven, turning once or twice during baking, for about 30 minutes.
Four goals down with 20 minutes to go, Jock Nugent's side looked to be fighting a lost cause.
She said that she could only spare 35 minutes for our meeting.
On a typical day, blokes spend 14 minutes getting ready. The Sun
Stir in the tomato purée and cook for 5-10 minutes or until the raw tomato smell disappears. Times, Sunday Times
Clinical assessments were estimated to take on average 9.8 minutes for a regular review and 13.4 minutes for an annual review.
The only other scores of a hard-fought, if unspectacular affair, arrived in the opening 13 minutes of the second half.
‘On the 18th, we were ‘invaded’ by a flock of over 100 mixed redwings, grackles, starlings, and cowbirds that ate everything in sight and emptied the bird bath in minutes!’
You repeat the exercises three times a day after meals for about 10 minutes. PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycystic ovary syndrome
It was 20 minutes into the game when any prospect of good-natured banter disappeared.
Emmett ran a good race to finish in fifth place with a ‘Personal Best’ of 4 minutes 2 seconds.
I ai n't never rung my bell once --- not like Sheila, who rings it every five minutes. LOSING IT
Featuring no fewer than six emcees and the hypeman's bloviating inside of three minutes, it's the album's busiest number.
Within four minutes he has worked out that he bought a painting from my father-in-law in the early 1970s. Times, Sunday Times
Pour into the prepared tin and bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.
Ten minutes later he was at the police station, sending a motor-cyclist to Épernay with instructions to transmit the finger-prints to Paris by the Belin telephotograph. Maigret meets a Milord
A great songsmith and a careful performer, despite what he would have us all believe, Gough is not an interesting stadium prospect, especially when the set is 40 minutes long.
The long chain of people moved irritably slow, minutes ticking by with seemingly no progress being made.
Fistfights broke out in the hall and, for 20 minutes, police were unable to restore order.
In a large ovenproof skillet, cook bacon over moderate heat until crisp, about 10 minutes.
It takes 40 minutes to drive to the beach or 35 minutes to get to Kyogle's green, shady, treed public pool that caters for toddlers.
“If Senator Obama doesn't have time to give Wisconsin voters 90 minutes on the issues, he's going to have a difficult time explaining that,” Penn said, noting HRC is running a tv ad in the cheese-head state to that effect. Obama Claims the (Thorny) Crown - Swampland - TIME.com
Blend at lowest speed 30 seconds and then beat at medium speed 3 minutes.
Haley walked into the kitchen and two minutes later Trevor came stumping into the kitchen.
The time added includes minutes from both halves of the match so two minutes plus three minutes will make up to five. The Sun
Add onions, bacon and garlic and cook for five minutes. 3. Add the flour and season.
The smaller of its hands occasionally slipped round on the pivot, and thus, though the minutes were told with precision, nobody could be quite certain of the hour they belonged to.
But our investigators were able to buy a large batch of the unlicensed synthetic chemical within minutes. The Sun
Despite that, he was able to walk straight into the castle's Waterloo Chamber and was only challenged five minutes after entering the party as he ordered champagne at the bar.
I called Meryl and Tim to make sure they were all right, since they had left just minutes earlier. No answers, only questions. | Mind on Fire
There are motifs, themes, and recurring melodies, all the things you'd expect from one song blown up to forty minutes.
After about 10 minutes the riot police arrived.
M. O'BRIEN: We are one minute into that rocket firing they call the deorbit burn, two minutes and 42 seconds worth of rocket firing. CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2005
a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes
I plan to have a short catnap (ten minutes tops) on the sofa before jogging down the road to class.
In resubmitting the legislation for renewal of what many consider the most controversial provisions -- and some label downright unconstitutional provisions -- within the Patriot Act, the Republican Rules Committee decided to allow only 60 minutes of debate. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Forty three minutes had passed and that own goal was Wales' first try of the match. Times, Sunday Times
K 66 passenger charged the higher fare when interchange within 60 minutes with K 65 or K 68.
Thursday's trading glitch -- in which the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted over 500 points in five minutes -- was not the first time U.S. markets have hiccuped, nor will it be the last. How The Dow's Dramatic Plunge Could Have Been Prevented
Hockey is an 11-a-side game played over two halves of 35 minutes, with goals more often than not coming from set-pieces such as corners or penalties.
If, on examination, all is found to be going on well, reimmerse the cathodes, and continue plating till they appear of a dull yellowish brown (this will occur in about four minutes), then remove them, rinse and scratch-brush them, and replace them in the bath. On Laboratory Arts
There was some serious rage for about 20 minutes after. The Sun
Swim the breaststroke for 45 minutes.
Just getting a teen to stop racing from activity to activity for a few minutes of quiet reading can be difficult.
Healthy hares can easily outrun foxes, but can rarely escape relentless packs of hounds chasing them for up to 90 minutes.
This miserableness went on as much as six or seven minutes; but it seemed a sight longer than that. The War of The Worlds
Once the porridge has returned to the boil, it should be allowed to cook slowly for 20-30 minutes.
Half an hour is five minutes longer than it used to take from the flat.
Add the diced onion and celery then sauté for five minutes. The Sun
The attachment of the new engine to the car only took a few minutes.
I forgot to mention when talking about Oscar that he had his 15 minutes of fame.
We now sell a boned and rolled loin of lamb for $26 a kilo, that only takes you 45 to 50 minutes to roast.
Reduce the heat and simmer for about 8 minutes, skimming the froth from the surface. Times, Sunday Times
I found myself a few minutes ago, by mistake, on a lolcats website. The lolcat is the essential representation of the malaise of contemporary life: people with too much time on their hands and no idea how to use it.
You can test their absorption rate by seeing if they dissolve almost entirely in white vinegar within 30 minutes.
What you get are basically four fun, simple little games, that are great to come back to for the odd five minutes of playing.
Add the chicken, leeks carrots and peas, and slowly cook on the stove for about 15 minutes.
Gavin Chapman came in with an overall time of four hours, twenty five minutes and nine seconds.
Found it to be in south latitude 28 degrees 55 minutes by meridian altitudes of sun, Aquilae (Altair), and Lyra, and in longitude about 121 degrees 10 minutes East. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated,
Minutes later Campbell scored again at the end of a deftly weighted bomb.
Due to the pressures of so many birds trying to feed, the vultures gobble down chunks of flesh and can fill a crop with more than one and half a kilograms of meat in four to five minutes.
Surely you can spare me a few minutes?
For now, all of his value can be typed onto an application and stuffed in a Manila envelope to be scanned in fifteen minutes by a member of the admissions department.
Within ten minutes I was snoozing guiltlessly once more… and I didn't wake up until 11.30.
The kernels will only take a few minutes to cook. Times, Sunday Times
Heat the butter then gently fry the onions for two to three minutes.
She remembered everything in minute detail / in the minutest detail.
Our coach was caught in a traffic jam and got to Heathrow forty minutes late.
I don't particularly care whether a stock quote is 20 minutes late, but if I wanted current information I'd probably go to Bloomberg.
Many queued for up to 30 minutes for a chance to add their signature.
The blast occurred about 30 minutes ago near a military outpost and appeared to have come either from a car bomb or a tunnel.
He has just completed two 90 minutes back to back. The Sun
The Welshman fluffed his lines with five minutes to go when he was clean through. The Sun
One thing was certain: she must have ten minutes to pull herself together, reactivate her brain to make sense of all this. TO HIS JUST DESSERTS
They put the twenty in the rat-pit and the dog went in first and killed his, and he took a quarter of an hour and two minutes.
Within 10 minutes we were idling towards a pod of six whales making their sedate way through the wide sweep of the sound opposite the lodge.
ln less than six minutes, the ambulance came wailing back from the shipyard, one of the police cars in front of it running interference. CORMORANT
Angel Zeno kept his innocent face on for the whole 40 minutes the cop spent with him.
Hospital doctors said Rod was minutes from death when they gave him emergency injections.
A fire boat took ten minutes to douse the flames. The Sun
Knead the dough for three minutes.
With 16 minutes left the Bruins lapsed into their passive mode, and the momentum turned.
The lanky striker headed his 12th goal of the season 10 minutes from the end. The Sun
A sense of unease and foreboding quickly descended on the crowded chamber, followed by a hush minutes later when confirmation came through of what had happened.
Then, when the attack did come, confusion reigned supreme - and not just in the initial minutes, but for hours, days and years.
My house is ten minutes' walk from here.
Cook the lentils for 20 minutes until they swell and soften.
Whenever I begin exercising after a period of inactivity, my legs itch like mad for about 45 minutes after I run. - SpouseBUZZ
Two firemen in new white asbestos suits had spent thirty minutes wearing looks of bleak disappointment. Bomber
Actually, five minutes into ‘Die Hard’ he caved and let me watch my movie.
Two-ounce rolls generally take from 12 to 15 minutes to bake, 4-ounce rolls, 20 minutes.
Season the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper. Wrap in a clean tea towel for at least 30 minutes or as long as a full day. Refrigerate.
Mr Fournier will spend around three hours ascending in an enclosed lightweight gondola before deflating the balloon and parachuting back to earth in six minutes and 25 seconds.
School classes break for outdoor recess every forty-five minutes.
It looked ominous for Blues' new gaffer with five minutes on the clock. The Sun
Within minutes of interspecies transplant, antibodies attack the new organ and destroy it, a process which is called hyperacute rejection. Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Make a huge open-faced vegetable omelet, for example, or try a quick chicken stir-fry and fold in a few eggs during the last two minutes of cooking.
The lake seemed to breathe, expanding and contracting, rising and falling, its surface level changing several feet in a matter of minutes, spectacular and terrifying at once.
Among their number are troops able to bridge a 75 ft gap in as little as five minutes.
It would take him about 10 minutes to walk round the vessel and check the containers.
We have one every three minutes or so, whereas Albert Square is lucky to see one a year.
On 11 minutes, the visitors thought that they had taken the lead but a cracking effort went inches wide of the target.
But seeing the actual footage, with the minutes ticking by, may prove more damaging to the White House than all the statistics in the world.
Patients were also assisted with setting goals for lifestyle changes, particularly in nutrition and exercise, and were asked to use the audio cassette to practice relaxation for 20 minutes each day.
As the show drew to a close (after a disappointingly short 60 minutes) I was left wanting slightly more.
A feeding frenzy ensued - within minutes the unfortunate man was stripped of his clothes.
It left Tadcaster a mountain to climb after the interval but to their credit they tried to make a contest of it and did well to concede only one more in the last 35 minutes.
The telephone wires had been cut minutes before the assault.
Dancers have only one and a half minutes in the interlude to change clothes.
A full eighteen minutes after I turned in at the Gibbs Ranch sign I find the ranch house.
And in clubbing Clement Sunday in 1 hour, 46 minutes with a nearly flawless baseline game, Agassi showed he is as strong as ever. USATODAY.com - Agassi, Capriati return to tennis' elite
Did somebody make a decision that the board minutes shouldn't reflect the flavour or tenor of that board meeting?
And the generation raised on Sesame Street wants something more appealing than thirty minutes of straight talking. Christianity Today
When you're ready to serve them pop them into a casserole in a moderate oven for 15 minutes.
As for me, if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water.
They were at the scene for 90 minutes, helping to free the victims and clear the road.
Logging on gives you apage full of little hand grenades: impossible-to-understand, context-free sentences that take five minutes of research to unravel and which then turn out to be stupid, irrelevant, or pertaining to the television series Battlestar Galactica. Hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Openly Twitter-Doubting
Buyers get unlimited texts and 100 minutes talktime, after signing up for a minimum of one month. The Sun
Wolves may have cruised to victory but they needed a controversial penalty on 18 minutes to open the scoring. The Sun
In a few minutes the flagstaff was well washed, and the derveesh too, and put to flight in discomfiture. Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia
Ambulances have been queuing up at the Emergency Department, waiting up to 90 minutes before they can get their patients from a trolley to a bed.
Advances in regenerative medicine means it's possible for damaged body parts to be regrown from human cells, and 60 Minutes featured the growing area of study. Growing Body Parts From Human Cells: '60 Minutes' Examines Idea (VIDEO)
Graham pulls out his petrol mower, and, no more than thirty minutes later, the job is done and there are two sacks of mowings waiting to go to the recycling centre.
The stadium can be emptied in four minutes.
Not, mind you, that Ken and Paul can reasonably be expected to do it all over the seventy minutes.
The solution was autoclaved at 121 C for 15 minutes.
Prior to stratification, the seeds were surface-sterilized with dilute bleach for five minutes, followed by several thorough rinses with water.
Remove parchment and beans and bake for five minutes. The Sun
Wrap the dough in clingfilm and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes. Times, Sunday Times
They had been driving through rain-drenched jungle for the last twenty minutes, and had seen nothing since the apatosaurs crossed the road. Jurassic Park
After 40 minutes I'm sure I detected a ripple of discontent.
We replaced it with the gooseneck from the gaff of the storm trysail, and the second gooseneck broke short off inside fifteen minutes of use, and, mind you, it had been taken from the gaff of the storm trysail, upon which we would have depended in time of storm. Chapter 2
Louise's logic suggests that, had Nolan managed to steer Ranger's nod down the right side of the post minutes before Coloccini's unwitting own goal let's be honest, that *would* have been undeserved, which is just absurd. The Guardian World News
We were surprised to find that the not-so-new CD changers for cars had no problem handling our test CDs of just under 92 minutes in length.
Apply a lip moisturiser or lip balm about 20 minutes before you want to apply lipstick.
I phoned, held on for forty minutes. Times, Sunday Times
Under-pressure England captain John Terry scored with eight minutes left Saturday to give English Premier League title chaser Chelsea a 2-1 win at Burnley. Toronto Sun
Bring to the boil and cook for 4-6 minutes or until very thick and syrupy. Times, Sunday Times
After a few minutes, with his thoughts fuzzier than they'd been and his fingers more clumsy, he returned to washing his wounds. EVERVILLE
For the last five minutes, they had been bouncing soccer balls from one knee to the other, not letting them touch the ground.
From the time a fire first breaks out to flashover, when everything catches on fire, can take as little as three minutes.
Shape into a ball, and then cover with clingfilm and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes before rolling out.5. How to cook perfect tarte tatin
If it takes longer than 20 or 30 minutes to get to sleep, do not lie in bed becoming anxious about sleeping.
Please access the call atleast 10 minutes prior to the time the conference is set to begin. GuruFocus Updates
A few minutes later the ship was sailing away north, knowing that they might be marooning their shipmates with them, but knowing that they had no other choice.
Some twenty minutes after the accident the patient used a spoonlike earpick to remove a bony fragment from deep in his ear canal and we identified this as the malleus that had been fractured at its manubrium.

How To Use Minutes In A Sentence

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