Minutes

Examples

• Ten minutes passed--and nothing happened. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Let us enjoy five minutes of instructive conversation with her. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Elinor tried to talk of something else; but Miss Steele could not be kept beyond a couple of minutes, from what was uppermost in her mind. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The clocks thus controlled ought to be so regulated that if left to themselves they would always gain a little, but not more than a few minutes per day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I alluded to the coldness of her letters; but the few minutes we had spent together sufficiently explained the origin of this. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Upon this machine 10,010 button holes have been made in nine hours and fifty minutes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Elinor made her a civil reply, and they walked on for a few minutes in silence. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I forget his name; a sort of a lawyer as I guessed, because he would talk about the 'parties' every few minutes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Just step there with me,' said Roker, taking up his hat with great alacrity; 'the matter's settled in five minutes. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He signaled for fifteen minutes, and received no answer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Another pause therefore of many minutes' duration, succeeded this speech, and Lucy was still the first to end it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• She paused, and went on, dropping her glance from Lily's: He wouldn't stay with her ten minutes if he KNEW---- Knew----? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• And I want five minutes' talk with you, Percival, first, returned the Count. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Typist: Oliver