Example sentences of "after a few minutes he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes he raised his head and was now sitting motionless , pale and haggard but controlled , while Iris , her eyes moist with sympathetic tears , stood silently and helplessly by . |
| 2 | After a few minutes he burst into our room with a shocked look on his face . |
| 3 | After a few minutes he came back and locked the door behind him . |
| 4 | After a few minutes he had spoken again . |
| 5 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 6 | It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way . |
| 7 | After a few minutes he heaved himself out of bed , but his leg let him down and he fell backwards . |