ITV drew criticism for airing advertisement breaks during the races - they were obliged to take five three-minute commercial breaks during each race.

However, a game is split into 15-minute halves with a three-minute break in between.

His training regime involves completing the multi-stage fitness test five times with a three-minute break between tests.

A three-minute break every couple of hours isn't really goofing off; it's more like a trip to the virtual water cooler.

The three-minute pencil-sharpening break was over.

Instead of three 20-minute periods, the game would be divided into four 15-minute quarters, with a three-minute break between each quarter and a 12-minute break at the half.

Mr. King reminisced about the center recently during two three-minute breaks from his radio talk show.

During the hearing he also made comments about having a beer in a three-minute break and there being no whiskey in the water.

However, ABC managed to miss Woods's live birdie attempt at the 15th hole while in one of its three-minute commercial breaks.

"If it had continued through the three-minute break," Norman said of his distress during the injury timeout, "I would have defaulted."