| 1. | We were scurrying about until the last minute before the party . 聚会开始前我们一直不停地忙忙碌碌。 |
| 2. | Fifteen minutes before dinner, take the stew out of the oven . 在用餐前的一刻钟把炖锅从电炉上端下来。 |
| 3. | Robson came on in place of wilkins ten minutes before the end of the game . 比赛结束前十分钟罗布森上场替代威尔金斯。 |
| 4. | He began these observations 30 minutes before sunrise and ended them 30 minutes after sunset . 他的观察开始于日出之前30分种,结束于日落之后30分钟。 |
| 5. | I must have sat there stunned and blinking at the note as much as a minute before i came rightly to myself again . 我在那儿坐着发愣,望着那张钞票直眨眼,大约足有一分钟才清醒过来。 |
| 6. | I was called to nixon's study in the executive office building five minutes before the relevant orders were to be signed . 在签署有关命令前五分钟,我被召到总统办公楼尼克松的书房里。 |
| 7. | It was some minutes before she could go on with her letter; the frequent bursts of grief obliged her at intervals to withhold her pen . 过了一阵以后她才能继续写信。悲痛的袭击使她不能不时时住笔。 |
| 8. | Immediately roger, who a minute before had seemed dignified-more than that, formidable-took on sheepish smile . 罗杰在一分钟以前还是挺尊严的--还不止这样,是令人望而生畏的,--这一刹那间却露出了一阵怯懦的微笑。 |
| 9. | Individuals stood waiting five or six minutes before they could cross the roadway, to such a distance did the string of carriages extend . 一个一个的人,都得等上五六分钟,才能穿过马路到对面去,距离虽然只有这么一点远,可是有一串串车马川流不息。 |
| 10. | I was now landed, and safe on shore, and began to look up and thank god that my life was saved in a case where there was some minutes before scarcely any room to hope . 我现在已经登了陆,平平安安地在岸上了,便抬起头来,感谢上帝,因为我在几分钟以前还没有一线希望,现在已经有了活命。 |