Example sentences of "a few minutes [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When the prime minister arrives at the Palace for the weekly audience , the private secretary acts as host and spends a few minutes beforehand in conversation . |
2 | At Godstowe Priory Dame Frances was only a few minutes away from death . |
3 | Off he goes and returns a few minutes later with friend and a dirty great Roller , all pristine chrome and gleaming fenders . |
4 | United 's luck changed then as Martin went off with an ankle injury , to be followed a few minutes later by Stoke defender Chris Hemming , a clattering tackle on Derning brought the red card out of the referee 's pocket and boos for Hemming . |
5 | they could only snatch a few minutes together from time to time , usually when Daddy came over to Low Fields to look after the cattle , or during the haytiming . |
6 | A few minutes out of town there 's a famous Victorian restaurant where unusual dishes of days gone by are served in intimate , candlelit rooms , a medieval moated manor house now a hotel , and lovely country house hotels with excellent restaurants . |
7 | I agree with your correspondent 's sentiments regarding the Forth Road Bridge and the removal of the tolls , but he will only be arriving a few minutes earlier at Edinburgh 's infamous Barnton roundabout tailback , which I believe can only be resolved by switching transport policy away from cars and road freight . |