I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
5 minutes/an hour/20 years etc ago
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Her husband died 14 years ago.
a 20-minute/6-month/4-week etc delay
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A train had broken down, causing a two-hour delay.
a further 10 miles/5 minutes etc
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Cook gently for a further 10 minutes.
a minute quantity (= extremely small )
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The rock contains minute quantities of copper.
a minute/moment ago
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The little girl you saw a moment ago was my niece.
a two-hour/twenty minute etc nap
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At age four, she was still having a two-hour nap every day.
an extra ten minutes/three metres etc
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I asked for an extra two weeks to finish the work.
closing stages/seconds/minutes etc
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in the closing years of his life
cost sth per minute/hour/year etc
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Calls cost only 2p per minute.
enjoyed every minute
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I enjoyed every minute of it.
final minutes
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They scored in the final minutes of the game.
fine/minute/precise detail (= very exact detail )
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We've been through all the arrangements for the wedding in minute detail.
five minutes/an hour etc fast
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I always keep my watch 15 minutes fast.
five minutes/two hours etc away
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The beach is only five minutes away it only takes five minutes to get there .
last an hour/ten minutes etc
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Each lesson lasts an hour.
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The ceasefire didn’t last long.
leave sth until the last minute/until last
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If you leave your preparation until the last minute , you’ll reduce your chances of passing.
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I left the best bit until last.
minute hand
seconds/moments/minutes/hours
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We knew we only had a few more precious hours together.
spare sb ten minutes/an hour etc
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Could you possibly spare me a few moments in private used to ask someone if they have time to quickly talk to you ?
stay for a year/ten minutes/a week etc
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Isabel stayed for a year in Paris to study.
ten minutes/five minutes etc slow
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The clock is about five minutes slow.
ten minutes/five minutes etc slow
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The clock is about five minutes slow.
ten minutes/two hours etc late
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The bus came ten minutes late.
ten minutes/two hours etc late
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You’re half an hour late.
this minute (= immediately )
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I want to see you in my office this minute .
wait two hours/ten minutes etc
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William waited an hour for his sister to arrive.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
final
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Up until the final minutes the jokes fly as fast as sniper's bullets.
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The lead changed hands three times in the final seven minutes .
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And then in the final minute came the try that brought the crowd to their feet.
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Middlesbrough full back Gary Parkinson limped off in the final minute with an ankle injury.
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Pears was whisked off still wearing his goalkeeper's jersey and limping heavily after being hurt in the final minutes .
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The match could have swung either way in the final gripping 20 minutes .
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Then in the final 6 minutes , Gloucester's forward pressure told making the way for winger, Jerry Perrins.
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For B.C., a missed conversion in the final minutes was critical.
■ VERB
add
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Meanwhile heat the remaining butter in a frying pan, add the garlic and cook for 1 minute .
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Add the shallots and cook until softened, about 1 minute .
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When hot, add the garlic and saute for one minute .
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Chop and add to casseroles or steep in boiling water for a few minutes before adding to salads.
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Add water chestnut mixture and stir-fry for about 1 minute .
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Add shallots and saute for 1 minute .
arrive
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Long distance trains from Darlington to Hartlepool or Newcastle to Carlisle should arrive within ten minutes .
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Alistair arrived at that minute , ending any possible explanation.
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Reynolds arrived a couple of minutes later.
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Linda is due to arrive any minute .
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They arrived within minutes to save the building from being burnt down.
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By late Friday evening, the campsite was already half full with more campers arriving by the minute .
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Train arrives at Euston seven minutes late - not bad compared with recent performances, but still late.
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The police could arrive at any minute !
enjoy
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He went down early each morning and jumped up and down in the briny, enjoying every minute of it.
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And I give it all I got and enjoy every minute of it.
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I got a goal and enjoyed every minute of it.
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I am losing my morals down here on this island and yet I am enjoying every single minute of it.
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I was allowed to enjoy one glorious minute giving my thoughts on Seattle.
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But we were careless and happy and full of fun, and enjoyed every minute of the day.
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Steve McFadden, who plays fiery Phil, enjoyed every minute of the dramatic storyline.
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Soon the drivers are in their stride and enjoying every minute of it.
last
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The period of consciousness, while the victims were being crushed prior to their death, lasted some 30 minutes at most.
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It lasted only a minute and stopped.
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No song lasted more than three minutes , and after each the carrot-haired kid cursed us to death.
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The obligatory standing ovation when he first entered the game against the Golden State Warriors lasted less than a minute .
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Never over-exercise; the ideal period should not last longer than 15 minutes .
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None of the 50-plus song or video clips lasts more than a minute .
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Corral gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona, lasted a minute , and has lived in legend since 1881.
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The conversation had not lasted a minute .
spend
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In this position Karpov had to seal his 41st move, over which he spent 28 minutes .
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How did you spend those twenty minutes ?
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They spent a few minutes looking around, in what Tockwith realized was a very experienced way.
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Manion spent the next fifteen minutes doing the exercise just as Miller had instructed.
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They had spent another fifteen minutes with Leeming before the doctor had come in to check on his patient.
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I dash to Tescos expressly to buy some washing power, spend £40 and 45 minutes in there and forget the Radion.
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If you normally spend ten minutes making your bed, spend twenty minutes on it.
take
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This seemed to worry the two men, and they took several minutes to calm Bobbie down and to stop her crying.
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Jody forces herself to take a minute to enjoy it.
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It took only eight minutes for Portadown to take the lead.
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On my way out the door I took a minute to look up a listing in the White Pages.
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It took me ten minutes just to stop shaking so I could walk.
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On the airfields of Rio de Janeiro an aircraft lands or takes off every minute .
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It took about twenty minutes to ascend the 212 steps, but it was worth the effort.
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But once the forklifts arrived we could get the load off very quickly.Initally taking forty five minutes .
wait
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Duck or diver, it had dived, and, though I waited for long minutes , it did not appear again.
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Beth, can it wait a minute ?
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He had asked the driver to wait two minutes whilst he saw whether or not I was through customs and in the foyer.
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Hold it. Wait a minute .
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Jessica was on her feet.-#Wait a minute , Kip said.
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She had to wait only a few minutes before it came.
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But wait a minute , what's this?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all of 50p/20 minutes etc
any day/minute etc now
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But any day now , his two agents should be arriving from Aden.
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For the black and white believers who gathered at Azusa Street, the answer was simple: any day now .
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His task force is set to deliver its report any day now .
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It should be 239-any minute now .
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The chip set is currently in pre-production; high volume production is due to begin any day now .
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The right guy would come along any minute now .
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They said they were sending along at once, so they should be here any minute now .
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This bloody border war could flare up any day now .
at weekly/20-minute etc intervals
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After ingestion of sucrose, breath hydrogen was measured at 20 minute intervals for 160 minutes.
be a laugh a minute
be counting (down) the minutes/hours/days
dying moment/minutes/seconds
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And, in the dying seconds, Miklosko blocked Smillie's close-range effort.
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Hereford usually crack or collapse in the dying minutes.
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In the dying minutes, full-back, Paul Bodin burst through.
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Jason Chandler made certain in the dying minutes of the game, Good Sports winning 2-1.
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One moment of astonishing creativity in the dying seconds on Saturday transported him to the centre of Arsenal's universe.
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Sean Farrell popped in the opener and Danny Allsopp made sure of the points in the dying seconds.
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The World Champion launched a direct attack in the dying moments of the first session.
from day to day/from minute to minute etc
give or take a few minutes/a penny/a mile etc
half a minute/moment/second etc
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Add bean sprouts and cook another half minute.
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After one and a half minutes the aircraft began to overshoot, correctly making an initial turn to the west.
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I pulled to the curb for half a minute.
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Poole and Bowman studied the screen in silence for half a minute.
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Report repeated two and a half second ticking sounds from plane.
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The fireball is visible for about half a minute before the object exits from the atmosphere with its original speed virtually undiminished.
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The fireball that came with the flash lasted for half a second and enveloped the whole stumbling figure.
in 10 days'/five years'/a few minutes' etc time
in the dying minutes/seconds/moments (of sth)
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And, in the dying seconds, Miklosko blocked Smillie's close-range effort.
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Hereford usually crack or collapse in the dying minutes.
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Jason Chandler made certain in the dying minutes of the game, Good Sports winning 2-1.
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One moment of astonishing creativity in the dying seconds on Saturday transported him to the centre of Arsenal's universe.
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Sean Farrell popped in the opener and Danny Allsopp made sure of the points in the dying seconds.
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The World Champion launched a direct attack in the dying moments of the first session.
just a minute/second/moment
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Just a minute, that's not what she told us.
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Just a minute. Let me see if he's here.
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And he had deliberately caught his flight with just minutes to spare.
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Aronoff, who asked to be arraigned today, appeared before the media for just minutes Thursday to read a brief statement.
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For just a moment there, tournament golf had taken its toll: Saavedra had lost the head.
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I wan na wait, wait, wait just a second.
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It takes just a second: One car plows into another and the backup begins.
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It went dead for just a second.
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Let's continue the story for just a moment in a ridiculous way.
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Neighbours pulled her to safety just minutes before flames took hold.
one-minute/two-minute etc silence
ten minutes' worth/a week's worth etc of sth
the last minute/moment
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At rest the cricket looks like a dead leaf, but it transforms itself at the last moment.
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At the last minute a sense of something unsaid made her hurry after him.
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At the last moment, it veered away and came to halt by a vent.
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Fortunately, Chrysler dropped the idea for such a fin at the last minute.
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I can not chuck them at the last minute.
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In Madrid Casado triumphed and at the last moment Communist power was broken.
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Perhaps he could arrange for Anthony to go sick at the last minute.
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The bends in the road came at the last moment.
there's one born every minute
three minutes/ten seconds etc flat
wait a minute/second/moment etc
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And wait a minute ... Sage Derby.
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And hey, wait a minute.
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Beth, can it wait a minute?
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But wait a minute! - Wasn't that blood?
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But wait a minute, what's this?
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I rounded the corner, then stopped, waited a moment and peeked back into the lobby.
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They come back, you know, if I wait a minute.
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Ward waited a moment by the door.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It takes Paula about three minutes to swim a lap.
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Set the wok over high heat for one minute .
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The power went out for about 15 minutes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Five minutes later she came up to my room.
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Give me a couple of minutes, will you?
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I sat down at my drawing table for just one minute .
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In fact it is not quite half-an-hour - the journey usually takes twenty-four minutes, but Vic wishes it were longer.
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In some cases, 10 per minute may be higher than the going daytime rate offered by competitors.
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It takes them a minute to realize they are not going to be screamed at.
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Seven minutes into the game at Barnsley.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
amount
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Radon, a naturally-occurring radioactive gas, is formed in the earth from the decay of minute amounts of uranium.
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Handling the minute amounts of material required remains extraordinarily difficult.
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Even with the lids on tightly, they release minute amounts of chemicals which may be dangerous if they accumulate.
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It has the advantage of requiring only minute amounts of material.
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The various components of the prostaglandin system occur fleetingly, and in minute amounts , in all the tissues of the body.
detail
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I carefully examined every photograph in minute detail through a magnifying glass so as not to miss a thing.
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It felt as if he could see right inside her head so that he knew beyond doubt the minutest detail of her response.
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On the contrary, we Fists are exemplary planners, fascinated by the minutest detail .
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Neither was I told to examine in minute detail , every blade of grass that my kit was to come in contact with.
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Instead she leaned over and began one of her painstaking drawings, full of minute detail .
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Nothing went smoothly,even when it appeared that the most minute details had been described with no further room for misunderstanding.
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Researchers, too, can sometimes be carried away in delving deeply into some issue in the minutest detail .
particle
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The minute particles in the rock have been flattened with the result that the slate splits easily into thin sheets.
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Homogenized milk has been mechanically treated to break fat globules into minute particles and disperse them throughout the milk.
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The seed contains all the parts of the body - flesh, bone and so on - in minute particles .
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When the pools dry, the rotifers turn into minute particles of dust, wrinkled and desiccated, awaiting the next rainfall.
quantity
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These distinctive characteristics come from differences in minute quantities of flavouring constituents whose concentrations are at the threshold of human sensory perception.
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It has time to dissolve minute quantities of minerals which can give it definite characteristics such as hardness or taste.
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Although minerals are only present in minute quantities it's worth remembering that when choosing your water.
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Even outside a nuclear weapon it is a highly dangerous substance - fatal to humans if ingested in even minute quantities .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all of 50p/20 minutes etc
any day/minute etc now
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But any day now , his two agents should be arriving from Aden.
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For the black and white believers who gathered at Azusa Street, the answer was simple: any day now .
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His task force is set to deliver its report any day now .
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It should be 239-any minute now .
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The chip set is currently in pre-production; high volume production is due to begin any day now .
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The right guy would come along any minute now .
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They said they were sending along at once, so they should be here any minute now .
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This bloody border war could flare up any day now .
at weekly/20-minute etc intervals
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After ingestion of sucrose, breath hydrogen was measured at 20 minute intervals for 160 minutes.
be a laugh a minute
be counting (down) the minutes/hours/days
from day to day/from minute to minute etc
give or take a few minutes/a penny/a mile etc
half a minute/moment/second etc
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Add bean sprouts and cook another half minute.
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After one and a half minutes the aircraft began to overshoot, correctly making an initial turn to the west.
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I pulled to the curb for half a minute.
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Poole and Bowman studied the screen in silence for half a minute.
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Report repeated two and a half second ticking sounds from plane.
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The fireball is visible for about half a minute before the object exits from the atmosphere with its original speed virtually undiminished.
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The fireball that came with the flash lasted for half a second and enveloped the whole stumbling figure.
in 10 days'/five years'/a few minutes' etc time
in the dying minutes/seconds/moments (of sth)
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And, in the dying seconds, Miklosko blocked Smillie's close-range effort.
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Hereford usually crack or collapse in the dying minutes.
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Jason Chandler made certain in the dying minutes of the game, Good Sports winning 2-1.
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One moment of astonishing creativity in the dying seconds on Saturday transported him to the centre of Arsenal's universe.
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Sean Farrell popped in the opener and Danny Allsopp made sure of the points in the dying seconds.
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The World Champion launched a direct attack in the dying moments of the first session.
just a minute/second/moment
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Just a minute, that's not what she told us.
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Just a minute. Let me see if he's here.
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And he had deliberately caught his flight with just minutes to spare.
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Aronoff, who asked to be arraigned today, appeared before the media for just minutes Thursday to read a brief statement.
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For just a moment there, tournament golf had taken its toll: Saavedra had lost the head.
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I wan na wait, wait, wait just a second.
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It takes just a second: One car plows into another and the backup begins.
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It went dead for just a second.
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Let's continue the story for just a moment in a ridiculous way.
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Neighbours pulled her to safety just minutes before flames took hold.
one-minute/two-minute etc silence
ten minutes' worth/a week's worth etc of sth
the last minute/moment
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At rest the cricket looks like a dead leaf, but it transforms itself at the last moment.
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At the last minute a sense of something unsaid made her hurry after him.
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At the last moment, it veered away and came to halt by a vent.
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Fortunately, Chrysler dropped the idea for such a fin at the last minute.
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I can not chuck them at the last minute.
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In Madrid Casado triumphed and at the last moment Communist power was broken.
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Perhaps he could arrange for Anthony to go sick at the last minute.
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The bends in the road came at the last moment.
there's one born every minute
three minutes/ten seconds etc flat
wait a minute/second/moment etc
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And wait a minute ... Sage Derby.
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And hey, wait a minute.
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Beth, can it wait a minute?
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But wait a minute! - Wasn't that blood?
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But wait a minute, what's this?
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I rounded the corner, then stopped, waited a moment and peeked back into the lobby.
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They come back, you know, if I wait a minute.
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Ward waited a moment by the door.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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minute scutiny
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Her writing's so minute that it's difficult to read.
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Only minute amounts of the chemical were found in the water supply.
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Police found minute traces of blood on the car seats.
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The equipment records minute changes in air pressure.
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The print was so minute I nearly went blind reading it.
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The problem was caused by minute particles of dust getting in the disk drive.
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The substance is so toxic that even a minute dose of it could be fatal.
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We used a microscope to look at the minute plant forms.
III. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
just
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The benchmark 30-year Treasury bond dropped by nearly a full point just minutes after news of the budget problems reached traders.
■ NOUN
half
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The game stretched eight-and-a-#half minutes into time added on.
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Richard Limo and William Koech took the first two places, some five and a half minutes ahead of me.
penalty
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Forbes, 25, had one assist and 31 penalty minutes in 39 games for the Senators this season.
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He has 13 goals and 36 points in 44 games and led the Kings in penalty minutes with 144.
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Tocchet will come to town with expectations of a 50-or 60-point season and 150 penalty minutes .
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For example, Tocchet has 117 penalty minutes in 44 games, which boosts him to No. 1 on the Bruins.
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His numbers: 49 games, 1 goal, 2 assists, 416 penalty minutes .
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In 61 games, Laperriere accumulated 140 penalty minutes while getting four goals and 12 points.
■ VERB
take
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It took me fifteen minutes to get dressed.
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It took almost twenty minutes to cross the open water.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all of 50p/20 minutes etc
any day/minute etc now
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But any day now , his two agents should be arriving from Aden.
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For the black and white believers who gathered at Azusa Street, the answer was simple: any day now .
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His task force is set to deliver its report any day now .
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It should be 239-any minute now .
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The chip set is currently in pre-production; high volume production is due to begin any day now .
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The right guy would come along any minute now .
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They said they were sending along at once, so they should be here any minute now .
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This bloody border war could flare up any day now .
at weekly/20-minute etc intervals
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After ingestion of sucrose, breath hydrogen was measured at 20 minute intervals for 160 minutes.
be a laugh a minute
dying moment/minutes/seconds
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And, in the dying seconds, Miklosko blocked Smillie's close-range effort.
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Hereford usually crack or collapse in the dying minutes.
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In the dying minutes, full-back, Paul Bodin burst through.
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Jason Chandler made certain in the dying minutes of the game, Good Sports winning 2-1.
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One moment of astonishing creativity in the dying seconds on Saturday transported him to the centre of Arsenal's universe.
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Sean Farrell popped in the opener and Danny Allsopp made sure of the points in the dying seconds.
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The World Champion launched a direct attack in the dying moments of the first session.
from day to day/from minute to minute etc
half a minute/moment/second etc
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Add bean sprouts and cook another half minute.
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After one and a half minutes the aircraft began to overshoot, correctly making an initial turn to the west.
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I pulled to the curb for half a minute.
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Poole and Bowman studied the screen in silence for half a minute.
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Report repeated two and a half second ticking sounds from plane.
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The fireball is visible for about half a minute before the object exits from the atmosphere with its original speed virtually undiminished.
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The fireball that came with the flash lasted for half a second and enveloped the whole stumbling figure.
in 10 days'/five years'/a few minutes' etc time
just a minute/second/moment
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Just a minute, that's not what she told us.
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Just a minute. Let me see if he's here.
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And he had deliberately caught his flight with just minutes to spare.
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Aronoff, who asked to be arraigned today, appeared before the media for just minutes Thursday to read a brief statement.
▪
For just a moment there, tournament golf had taken its toll: Saavedra had lost the head.
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I wan na wait, wait, wait just a second.
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It takes just a second: One car plows into another and the backup begins.
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It went dead for just a second.
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Let's continue the story for just a moment in a ridiculous way.
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Neighbours pulled her to safety just minutes before flames took hold.
one-minute/two-minute etc silence
ten minutes' worth/a week's worth etc of sth
the last minute/moment
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At rest the cricket looks like a dead leaf, but it transforms itself at the last moment.
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At the last minute a sense of something unsaid made her hurry after him.
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At the last moment, it veered away and came to halt by a vent.
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Fortunately, Chrysler dropped the idea for such a fin at the last minute.
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I can not chuck them at the last minute.
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In Madrid Casado triumphed and at the last moment Communist power was broken.
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Perhaps he could arrange for Anthony to go sick at the last minute.
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The bends in the road came at the last moment.
three minutes/ten seconds etc flat