Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ . |
| 2 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
| 3 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
| 4 | After a few sessions it was becoming clear that Henry 's impact on the scheme was reciprocal . |
| 5 | Well so that yo about Adrian after a few weeks it 's you know |
| 6 | She had seen so many of the students set out from her door , awkward and anxious , and after a few weeks it was as if they had been studying there all their lives . |
| 7 | She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories . |
| 8 | The bathroom 's a bit chilly but once you 've put that heater on and shut the door for a few minutes it 's |
| 9 | For a few seconds it was like a country church and Soapy remembered other , happier days . |
| 10 | Within a few minutes it was adopted unanimously . |
| 11 | Within a few years it was the Guns Mill Paper Company . |
| 12 | In the above case The Times mentioned that ‘ the rapist has been leading a fox-style existence living rough in wooded countryside ’ , but within a few months it was clear , in yet another case , that it is the nickname itself which becomes crucial rather than any particular style of existence . |
| 13 | Except in a few cases it was pronounced a failure because of the need to use cheaper materials . |
| 14 | Usually this was because the grandparents had died too soon , but in a few cases it was because of distance . |
| 15 | In a few minutes it was all over . |