Just a few more minutes down here and then she would try again.

I spent the first 10 minutes trying to guess which one was you!

He called his wife outside and they both watched for several minutes trying to figure out what it was.

The minute we try to do anything we're in trouble!

He spent another twenty minutes trying to find a way over, under, around, or through it.

She sat for a minute trying to get over her anger at Bob.

I wasted 20 minutes trying to figure out what was wrong.

She spent a couple of minutes trying to return it to its original shape without much success.

"I lay there for a minute trying to find out what happened."

I spent several frantic minutes trying to figure this out.