| 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。 |
