And of course the civil service method of minuting is used: I once saw no less than 157 minutes written on the subject of how a worn-out set of donkey harness, the property of the Government, should best be disposed of. ❋ Unknown (1944)
Then, we came home for a marathon of efficient last minuting. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I dare say there was a vast amount of minuting, memoranduming, and despatch-boxing, on this mighty subject. ❋ Unknown (2007)
At that point Shaik looked at her and said, "I hope you're not minuting all this". ❋ Unknown (2004)
I omitted minuting the Names of the Cases that were tried at Trial in my Ivory ❋ Unknown (1961)
-- I cannot say much for the old cathedral; and as far as I can collect from the conversation of a scientific Englishman, who has dropt his watch into one of the boiling vats, while minuting some process, the great soap manufactory of this place offers nothing very different from other places of the same sort. ❋ John Hughes (N/A)
Some years ago, on a fine evening in the month of July, long before it was dark, as I was standing on the middle of the bridge, and minuting the owl by my watch, as she brought mice into her nest, all on a sudden she dropped perpendicularly into the water. ❋ Various (N/A)
Private minuting of Mäori Land Court sittings and committees became precious books of family history, copies often made or new information added with each generation (and this writing continues). ❋ Penny Griffith (1885)
Nabob opened a shabby little portfolio, badly worn at the corners, in which for ten years past he had manoeuvred his millions, minuting his profits and his expenses in hieroglyphics comprehensible to himself alone. ❋ Alphonse Daudet (1868)
Our visiters soon departed, probably minuting on their journals that Americans season their coffee with pepper and salt. ❋ Unknown (1838)
Leaving to Anthony the irksome task of minuting down the roll of time for one unlucky month, turn we to another personage with whom it is high time the reader should be acquainted. ❋ John Roby (1821)
After that thought has swept around the various rooms these last few years everyone then gets down to minuting the meeting, safe in the knowledge that no 'rules' have been broken because the rules were built 'already broken'. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The correspondence between both parties which we obtained, include strongly-worded e-mails, disclose that Jafza bailed out because of bureaucracy, interference by politicians and others with vested interests, deliberate incorrect minuting of meetings and even attempts at tax evasion by the Malaysian negotiators. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I could, on one hand, give up and dedicate myself to the dark arts of party bureaucracy - I have a purple belt in assertive minuting and am a black belt in standing order usage - or sit at home stroking Cincinnati and plotting my revenge on everyone who voted in a 'slasher movie' orgy of blood and body parts. ❋ Unknown (2008)
One of the fellows reported, indeed, that once having to return to the office at midnight, in search of his latch-key which he had forgotten in his office-coat, and without which he was unable to obtain admittance to his lodgings, he found old "Smudge," -- as we somewhat irreverently termed the chief, -- who was particularly neat and nice in his handwriting -- working away; minuting and docketing papers, just as if it had been early in the afternoon. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
The polish comes later, thank goodness some of these people are so verbose you don’t have to write down everything … and OH NO, now they’re all talking about minuting, will I have to say something? ❋ Giles Waterfield (2004)
[For example], I haven't [seen] her in a minute. ❋ MM (2004)
yo I haven't [seen] you [in a minute]! ❋ NicKay (2003)
I haven't felt [so alive] [in a minute]... but [i do] now.. ❋ Amberlynn Drake (2014)
yo i [aint] [seen] you [in a minute] ❋ Brittany (2004)
Tyrone: [What's good] [Darius]?
Darius: What up cuuuuh. I ain't seen you in a minute.
[Tyrone's] IQ went down after hearing that and got autism. ❋ Dasanigga (2015)
Damn, [Marquis]...[You ain't hit] dat dipper for a minute...[Pass dat shit] over dis way! ❋ Uncle Beasley (2006)
"Yo i haven't seen you [in a minute]"
"Man, I been waitin here for an [ill minute]" ❋ La La (2003)
I'll [holler at] you in a minute.
[I ain't] [seen] him in a minute. ❋ 6FingazInDaFlesh (2010)
[I ain't] see joe [in like] a minute
[Tupac's] been dead for like 3 minutes. ❋ @EgoManiacs (2012)
I haven't [done that] shit [in a minute] nigga. ❋ Jdogg03 (2003)
