minute - use in sentences
Converse of object
- wait: We were taken straight to the airport and only waited a few minutes for the courtesy bus on our return.
- locate: Located 10 minutes from downtown, yet harboring on a natural reserve, Vltava Ridge Estate provides the perfect investment opportunity.
- spend: Turned and backed up to the water point where we spent 15 minutes filling our tank.
- arrive: You need to arrive 10-15 minutes before the start of your interview.
- take: Take a few minutes to ' walk ' the route with your family.
Preposition: on
- clock: Grieves then had the best chance of the game with 68 minutes on the clock.
Adjective modifier
- few: A few minutes later he's got his head down, writing.
- last: Lin has had two buyers, who have both pulled out at the last minute due to problems further down their chains.
Modifies a noun
- walk: The church is about a 15 minute walk from the main Brunel campus.
- duration: Pilot 120 minutes followed by 66 episodes of 60 minute duration.
- drive: By Air London Heathrow Airport is a 30 minute drive away.
- interval: Trains run at 45 minute intervals from 09.30 to 15.30 ( last train ).
Noun used with modifier
- forty-five: It's very simple for even non-gamers to pick up and games don't take much longer than forty-five minutes to an hour.
- forty: After forty minutes or so, we could see the corner of the Colosseum peering above the modern buildings.
- eleven: Albion made a switch eleven minutes in when McQuilken replaced McMenamin.
Possessives
- silence: There will be a minute's silence in memory of Robin Haslam before the finals start on Saturday.
- walk: Our guide will escort you into town ( about 10 minutes ' level walk ).
Preposition: before
- kick-off: Bury again treated us to queuing about 50 minutes before kick-off and there seemed a lot then.
Preposition: of
- meeting: Minutes of the previous meeting There were no corrections to the minutes.
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