MINUTE

See, this is really weird

but I had this feeling the minute that the phone rang,

 I said, Jackie, pick it upyou‘ve got a grandchild.

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Minute is usually a noun, but in the above usage ‘the minute + that CLAUSE‘ it means as soon as. Similary, in the next example, ‘any minute‘ means ‘very soon‘:

Colin could you possibly find somewhere else to pray,

 your brother and sister will be here any minute now.

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1 MINUTE (NNT1) 645067 (A1 noun) = 60 seconds.

A search in the iWeb corpus for:

* * minute_NNT1 * *

1 FOR A MINUTE OR TWO 5519

Think what fun it would be to be unattractive for a minute or two.

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2 THE LAST MINUTE. 2798

Miraculously

a copy of the complaint was located at the last minute

 and we got it to court on time.

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3 LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT 2448
4 FOR A MINUTE OR SO 2425
5 IN A MINUTE. 1951 A2 = a short period of time

I‘ll be there in a minute.

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6 FOR A MINUTE. 1585
7 THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE 1048
8 LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT 1006
9 TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO 996
10 AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO 930
11 AFTER A MINUTE OR SO 918
12 THAN A MINUTE. 896
13 ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT 881
14 FOR 1 MINUTE. 872
15 FOR A MINUTE, THEN 821
16 FOR A MINUTE, AND 772
17 THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE 760
18 FOR A MINUTE AND THEN 731
19 IN A MINUTE ). 695
20 JUST A MINUTE OR TWO 694

 

2 MINUTE (JJ44) 2942 (unlisted adjective phrase)

UP TO THE MINUTE

Google definition:

incorporating the very latest information or developments.

For example:

For up to the minute updates, please refer to our Facebook page.

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3 MINUTE (JJ) 1291 (C2 adjective) = small or exact

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