Example sentences of "a few minutes [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | To think a few minutes of thoughtless pleasure could end in this . |
2 | While she was doing this , within a few minutes of each other came Jasper , then Pat and Bert , then Roberta and Faye . |
3 | Outside the wind grew even more savage and we cut short the one doomed attempt to raise the tent , retreating to the truck for a few minutes of poor slumber . |
4 | Ice fishing , I find , is as cold as anything I have ever tried in the Arctic , and after a few minutes of unproductive ass-freezing I pack it in . |
5 | After drinks and introductions and a few minutes of jangled smalltalk , as if the three of us were gods or apes or spacemen , Fielding did the bad thing . |
6 | Within a few minutes of this treatment being given , he was able to button up his coat . |
7 | A few minutes of brief activity later , he was on his way again , the needle climbing steadily till it was hovering on the 120 m.p.h. mark . |
8 | In strictly layman 's terms , the amount of additional engine-weight and fuel that any supersonic aircraft could get off the ground would give a few minutes of sub-orbital time , if that . |
9 | A few minutes of silent shuffling brought them to a junction . |
10 | Current single ‘ My Rising Star ’ walks the tightrope of twee and reaches the other side looking like Frank Bruno , a few minutes of charming soul where they set their sights beyond the mundane . |
11 | Current single ‘ My Rising Star ’ walks the tightrope of twee and reaches the other side looking like Frank Bruno , a few minutes of charming soul where they set their sights beyond the mundane . |
12 | You 've got as long as it , it takes but it wo n't take , I should think , more than a few minutes for each group er to do their presentation . |
13 | The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours . |
14 | For stable samples we rarely need to obtain spectra in a hurry , and commercial spectrometers generally operate on timescales ranging from a few minutes to several hours . |
15 | A worrying report , published by three teachers ' unions just a few minutes before national curriculum boss David Pascall issued his ‘ back to basics ’ clarion call , revealed a staggering 80,000 teachers — one in five — want to quit their jobs . |
16 | They scream in horrifying agony , and thick gouts of blood spray over anyone in the area as the meats fly with a squelch into roasting-trays on the tables , where they flop about for a few minutes like dying animals . |
17 | She was merely an old woman who wanted to spend a few minutes in nostalgic memory of long-ago visits to America . |