She had been saying the same thing and many other things for the past five minutes.

Things were close for the first five minutes of the game.

No one said a word for the next few minutes.

For the last few minutes, I knew something else was coming from them.

So is everything else we have been saying for the past few minutes.

I didn't know what we'd been talking about for the last few minutes.

He did not take a shot for the first 13 1/2 minutes.

The game was close for only the first three minutes.

I didn't have to say anything for the next five minutes.

I had thought so too, but only for the first five minutes.