See, this is really weird,
but I had this feeling the minute that the phone rang,
I said, Jackie, pick it up, you‘ve got a grandchild.
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.
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.
2 THE LAST MINUTE. 2798
a copy of the complaint was located at the last minute
and we got it to court on time.
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.
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.
3 MINUTE (JJ) 1291 (C2 adjective) = small or exact