Example sentences of "for a few minutes [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |
| 2 | It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister . |
| 3 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 4 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 5 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 6 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |