Below you will find example sentences with "twenty minutes". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Twenty Minutes in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: twenty
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 20.8 words

Words in this phrase

twenty minutes

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • twenty can mean: The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one. Frequent word
  • minutes can mean: plural of minute Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

22 firefighters twenty minutes to knock 1× 30 for twenty minutes 1× after nearly twenty minutes of discussion 1× again after twenty minutes 1× doctors in twenty minutes when no 1× fifteen to twenty minutes considerably quicker 1× film had twenty minutes of cut 1× for over twenty minutes 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

average wait time 1× but tripping over 1× each session will 1× first session starts 1× george deukmejian california 1× historically adelaide was 1×

Common sentence endings:

for twenty minutes 2× after twenty minutes 1× and three goals 1× approximately twenty minutes 1× by her doctor 1× covered three topics 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

session 3× city 2× able 2× starts 2× average 2× waiting 2× committee 2× two 2× office 2× film 2× meeting 2× way 2×

Related phrases

twenty years seven minutes minutes remaining twenty five minutes apart

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around twenty:

twenty years 20× twenty five 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

twenty five twelve month tweeted photo turtle creek turning off turning blind

Just after it in the phrase index:

twenty years twice weekly twin brother twin cities twin falls twin sister

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

twenty years twenty five

Same ending:

seven minutes

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "twenty minutes" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 20.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 22 firefighters twenty minutes to knock, 30 for twenty minutes, session, city and able stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with twenty years, seven minutes, minutes remaining, twenty years and twenty five, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with twenty minutes

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Twenty minutes later my door opened. (6 words)

Each session will take approximately twenty minutes. (7 words)

Twenty minutes had yielded plenty of missed chances, fast starts and three goals. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

They added that despite Ms Atkins's statements during the last round of strike action that she would meet junior doctors 'in twenty minutes' when no strikes were planned, it was more than 20 days before they were offered a meeting. (41 words)

But tripping over yourself to explain this in a way that isn’t “more screens!” repeated for twenty minutes was a terrible way to convey this, and raises many questions about the future despite whatever they’re saying right now. (40 words)

When Rep. Karianne Lisonbee (R-Clearfield) entered the most important committee meeting of her career twenty minutes late with a cast on her foot, I wondered if she had been treated by her doctor. (34 words)

Question examples

How can you justify equating two to twenty minutes if you genuinely care about your employees' well-being? (18 words)

Example sentences (20)

Historically, Adelaide was known as a "twenty-minute city", with commuters having been able to travel from metropolitan outskirts to the city proper in roughly twenty minutes.

Twenty-three issues of the series were produced over a period of three years; each issue lasted about twenty minutes and usually covered three topics.

First Session starts at 4:30 for 20 minutes and the second session will start at 5:30 for twenty minutes.

Average wait time is twenty minutes just to order your food and then another 25 waiting for it.

George Deukmejian, California’s governor, kept the committee waiting for twenty minutes, read a speech, then departed.

It took 22 firefighters twenty minutes to knock down the fire, preventing the blaze from spreading to an exposed two-story apartment building.

Looks like they were able to get the ride going again after twenty minutes.

On the video, Nichols is shown not receiving medical aid for over twenty minutes.

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Pochettino said: 'Before this press conference, he was in my office for twenty minutes.

The film had twenty minutes of cut footage, name changes, and the film was Warriors of the Wind clone.

Twenty minutes had yielded plenty of missed chances, fast starts and three goals.

Twenty minutes later my door opened.

When Rep. Karianne Lisonbee (R-Clearfield) entered the most important committee meeting of her career twenty minutes late with a cast on her foot, I wondered if she had been treated by her doctor.

But tripping over yourself to explain this in a way that isn’t “more screens!” repeated for twenty minutes was a terrible way to convey this, and raises many questions about the future despite whatever they’re saying right now.

Each session will take approximately twenty minutes.

How can you justify equating two to twenty minutes if you genuinely care about your employees' well-being?

It's also designed to be quicker, which means games are almost guaranteed to be over in fifteen to twenty minutes - considerably quicker than the average game.

The longest prayer, the Office of the Readings, can take no more than twenty minutes.

They added that despite Ms Atkins's statements during the last round of strike action that she would meet junior doctors 'in twenty minutes' when no strikes were planned, it was more than 20 days before they were offered a meeting.

Town Council debated if prayers still have a place in their proceedings, but could not agree after nearly twenty minutes of discussion.

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