The leaders said they spent only a couple of minutes discussing the rent laws today, making no progress.

The oldest records available are minutes discussing a tea party for the local elderly in 1952.

At one point, the panel members spent about 15 minutes discussing whether the word "shall" or "may" should be used in a particular clause.

We attack the breakfast buffet first, spend about five minutes discussing any earth-shaking world news, and then get down to business.

"Whenever's good for you," said her nephew, and they spent a few minutes discussing this.

Let us spend a few minutes discussing expectations.

He spent the next twenty minutes discussing the next two chapters.

Once each has had a turn, the group may spend a few minutes discussing possible methods of achieving any identified learning needs.

Then we spend the next 45 minutes answering and discussing interesting listener questions.

There, each of the 73 heterosexual couples spent about 10 minutes discussing a topic that they disagreed on.