Example sentences of "a few minutes [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just a few minutes ago the ambulance carrying the two boys arrived at Stoke Mandeville . |
| 2 | A few minutes later the Deruta vase containing about half a kilo of assorted chocolates had been placed on the rear seat of the Volvo and he was sitting in the front watching Cinzia tear up the parking ticket which had been tucked under the windscreen wiper . |
| 3 | To her surprise a few minutes later the taxi pulled up outside a fashion shop in one of the main city streets as the driver indicated she had reached her destination . |
| 4 | A few minutes later the lights went out . |
| 5 | A few minutes later the company sergeant-major marched out of the tent to collect him . |
| 6 | A few minutes later the train arrived in Duisburg and we got out . |
| 7 | A few minutes later the rabbits had crossed the cart-track and vanished into the copse beyond . |
| 8 | A few minutes later the spaceship landed and I was home . |
| 9 | A few minutes later the spaceship was falling towards a planet covered with tall buildings . |
| 10 | A few minutes later the ship saw us and turned . |
| 11 | A few minutes later the Doctor had reached the valley . |
| 12 | A recent view is that a postsynaptic kinase is activated transiently ( for less than a few minutes following the tetanus ) and a presynaptic kinase is activated for longer periods ( but for less than 1 hour ) . |
| 13 | After a few minutes more the conversation was beginning to flag . |