All 50 Uses of
minute
in
And Then There Were None
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- One of them must wait till the slow train from Exeter gets in-a matter of five minutes-there's one gentleman coming by that.†
p. 17..7
- Dr. Armstrong stared at him for a minute.†
p. 34..8
- Rogers coming out on the terrace that minute, the judge asked him: "Is Lady Constance Culmington expected, do you know?"†
p. 35..6
- The hands of the clock pointed to twenty minutes past nine.†
p. 42..5
- She'll be round in a minute.†
p. 44..3
- They rested a minute on the open window, then he shook his head decisively.†
p. 45..3
- The next minute or two was spent in dispensing drinks.†
p. 50..2
- She went away and returned a minute later with the letter.†
p. 53..4
- In a minute-†
p. 54..2
- It was a minute or two before she became aware of the expectation.†
p. 65..9
- He returned a minute or two later.†
p. 71..9
- Funny, just this minute he didn't want much to get away from the island…. To go back to the mainland, back to his little house, back to all the troubles and worries.†
p. 78..6
- It was some few minutes before be straightened himself and turned from the bed.†
p. 84..2
- Dr. Armstrong was a minute or two before replying.†
p. 84..5
- Ten minutes to ten, sir.†
p. 92..5 *
- Rogers waited a minute or two.†
p. 92..6
- Philip Lombard said: "I feel quite sane at the minute, thank you."†
p. 94..5
- It was such a contrast to his restraint of a few minutes ago that Armstrong was quite taken aback.†
p. 95..0
- Aloud she said after a minute or two: "I wish he would come.†
p. 97..9
- Lombard, can I speak to you for a minute?†
p. 102..6
- Lombard reflected a minute.†
p. 103..0
- Armstrong said abruptly: "Let's go back a minute to this woman's death.†
p. 105..1
- He stared intently at her for a minute or two.†
p. 116..3
- He was silent for a minute or two, then he said: "Yes, I loved Leslie.†
p. 117..4
- He'll be back in a minute.†
p. 118..9
- Not for a minute.†
p. 119..3
- After a minute or two, while they stood together watching Lombard's progress, Blore said: "Climbs like a cat, doesn't he?"†
p. 119..8
- Five minutes later they faced each other on the landing.†
p. 122..1
- A minute or two ago we saw him in the garden.†
p. 124..4
- Five minutes later three men stood on an upper landing and looked at each other.†
p. 124..8
- In that minute, they knew-knew without being told…… As by common accord, they all rose to their feet.†
p. 132..2
- She was there a minute or two later when Rogers came softly into the room.†
p. 133..1
- Mr. Justice Wargrave waited a minute, then he said: "As far as my memory serves me the facts were these-will any one please correct me if I make a misstatement?†
p. 142..4
- Do you imagine for one minute that she would not have swallowed it obediently without thinking twice about it?†
p. 143..8
- Philip Lombard said: "I don't believe in that story for a minute.†
p. 143..9
- Can't lay your hands on a coil of rope all in a minute.†
p. 146..7
- That is, Lombard went off for a few minutes.†
p. 146..9
- I was only absent a minute or two.†
p. 147..1
- The judge said evenly: "A minute or two is a vague expression."†
p. 147..3
- Vera hesitated a minute, then she said: "You've admitted, you know, that you don't hold human life part'~ ularly sacred, but all the same I can't see you as-as the man who dictated that gramophone record."†
p. 152..9
- She thought a minute or two and then said, "Why?"†
p. 153..4
- Then, after a minutes hesitation, she set it aside and went over to the dressing-table.†
p. 158..1
- At twenty-five minutes to ten he was tapping on the closed door of Blore's room.†
p. 164..8
- She stood motionless a minute, then she said: "Thank you …. I'm all right now.†
p. 169..7
- Blore said quickly: "Just a minute."†
p. 181..1
- He said: "Look here, everybody, my opinion's this: we needn't look farther for the author of these deaths than the dining-room at this minute.†
p. 181..3
- Mr. Justice Wargrave said: "It is now five minutes to eleven.†
p. 182..4
- She reappeared in under a minute dressed in a tight-fitting silk rucked bathing dress.†
p. 188..1
- He stared a minute before speaking.†
p. 199..2
- He waited a minute, then went on to Philip Lombard's room.†
p. 215..0
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Much more commonly, minute and minutes refer to a period of time lasting 60 seconds.
Less commonly, they refer to a measurement of angle where 60 minutes make up a single degree, and where a right angle has 90 degrees and a circle has 360 degrees.