quarter of an hour

It took them a good quarter of an hour to say goodbye.

Il leur fallait un bon quart d’heure pour les adieux.

A quarter of an hour later I was safely ensconced in my house.

Un quart d’heure plus tard, j’étais de retour, en sécurité dans ma maison.

For a quarter of an hour I trod on this sand, sown with the impalpable dust of shells.

Pendant un quart d'heure, je foulai ce sable ardent, semé d'une impalpable poussière de coquillages.

"It's a hundred that you don't see us before Westminster with a quarter of an hour's start," said Sir John.

-- Cent livres que vous ne nous verrez plus d'ici au pont de Westminster, quand il se sera écoulé un quart d'heure.

We ought really to move straight on to the votes, because as things stand at the moment, we are due to deal with 200 votes today, a further 300 tomorrow, and we are already running a quarter of an hour late.

Par conséquent, comme nous avons un quart d'heure de retard, nous allons commencer les votes sans interruption de séance.