Example sentences of "be [adv] a few minutes [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only a few minutes by air , ’ he explained when she looked astonished . |
| 2 | It 's set in its own park with beautiful rolling gardens leading down to the road which separates the hotel from its own private beach , yet is only a few minutes from the centre . |
| 3 | This very friendly gasthaus is ideally situated next to the Hahnenkamm cable car , and is just a few minutes from the town centre . |
| 4 | The hotel is just a few minutes from the pleasant sandy beach and close to the bustling central market . |
| 5 | When it 's just a few minutes from the face , the thick cloud filling the valley gently wells up to lock in the cold . |
| 6 | They had heard that they sold them in Clery 's , and that was only a few minutes from where the bus stopped when it went to Dublin . |
| 7 | Eight-thirty , he 'd said , and it was already a few minutes past that ! |
| 8 | Sandison could not be sure how much Maidstone had had to drink that day — it was still a few minutes before noon — but he knew that he was sober enough to understand fully what was going on . |