Sentence examples for took minutes from inspiring English sources

SENDAI, Japan -- It took minutes for the tsunami that hit the coast of Japan in March to destroy entire cities.

While the details took minutes to work out, the deal was forged over years, as many deals here are.

It usually took minutes to cue up videotape, but this system meant engineers could instantly hear where to rewind to, so could work in seconds.

The liver took minutes: Fouin made coffee, mixed it with melted chocolate and seared the liver for a minute per side.

But that quality comes at a price: different sections of the app took minutes to load for the first time, even on a high-speed Wi-Fi connection.

A music track that took minutes to download a decade ago can now be transferred in seconds; a whole CD in less than an hour.

The drugs take minutes".

The hearings take minutes.

It can take minutes or hours.

Ending such restrictions would take minutes.

The final cooking takes minutes.