Example sentences of "a few minutes [adv] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few minutes longer Isabel tried to sort out hard facts from vague suspicions , with little success . |
| 2 | A few minutes later Nathan jumped down into the cockpit once more and hauled out the roller-reefed headsail . |
| 3 | A few minutes later Romany pulled off the tarpaulin . |
| 4 | A few minutes later Branco sent a typically fiendish Brazilian free-kick dipping and swerving past the wall and Van Breukelen , who rarely encountered anything like this in his Nottingham Forest days , punched the ball clear without knowing much about it . |
| 5 | A few minutes later Chantal gunned the monstrous Harley Davidson out of the apartment block courtyard , with D'Arcy astride the pillion . |
| 6 | A few minutes later Sophie placed the tray on the low table beside Joanna and began to discuss the news of Helen 's engagement , but Joanna showed very little interest . |
| 7 | A few minutes later music drones from his room . |
| 8 | A few minutes later Ben won his , assisted by a 3.11 m.p.s. wind . |
| 9 | A few minutes later Murray turned into the Sports Centre and Richard continued towards the House in merciful solitude . |
| 10 | When the temperature cooled down a few minutes later Gallacher headed to the referee 's dressing room to apologise . |
| 11 | A few minutes later Luch drifted in from the castle . |
| 12 | A few minutes later Sandy opened her eyes and turned her head slowly towards them . |
| 13 | A few minutes later Benjamin joined me . |
| 14 | A few minutes later Silas led Lucy into the office , where he checked the telephone 's answering device for messages , then , having unhooked it from the phone , he said , ‘ There you are — it 's all yours . ’ |
| 15 | A few minutes later Endill caught another glimpse of it in the distance . |
| 16 | Rachel walked out on to the main road a few minutes later feeling overwhelmed with guilt . |