Three minutes and twenty seconds later, he broke his previous personal best.
But a minute or two later all hell broke loose in the bank!
He also famously asserted that the first few minutes with students on the first day can make or break a teacher.
The minute I saw you sitting on the stump, it broke.
Every few minutes the moon broke through the low clouds, throwing the land into sharp relief.
His second one, with 1 minute 50 seconds to go in the third period, broke a 4-4 tie and won the game.
About 20 minutes into our dive, the spell broke.
A minute or two later, about a dozen cows broke away quite close to me; again no chance of a shot.
I don't think two minutes of prayer will make or break anyone's value system.
'One more minute and he would have broken my back,' he said at last.