Example sentences of "[noun prp] a [adj] minutes later " in BNC.
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| 1 | They left Riverboat Island a few minutes later , walked over the wide bridge in silence . |
| 2 | Her Dutch cleaning lady would be coming round in the morning — let her do it , thought an exhausted Olga a few minutes later , as she shakily bathed her face under the cold tap ; Boyd could darn well pay her more housekeeping to cover the extra hours of work . |
| 3 | Standing talking with Mrs McMahon a few minutes later , she saw him capture Feargal . |
| 4 | They threaded their way through the vegetable market , full of dull early spring vegetables instead of the mounds of tomatoes and aubergines and peppers and artichokes that Julia longed to see and buy , and reached the Tribunale di Giustizia a few minutes later . |
| 5 | When Carter a few minutes later in the debate said , ‘ I asked my ( eight-year-old ) daughter Amy last night what she thought … ’ , what the audience heard was : ‘ I 'd better try to find a warm human illustration before it 's too late . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He 's a manager , your dad , is n't he ? ’ asked Jamie Shepherd a few minutes later as they bounced round a corner with the old van rattling as if it was going to shake itself to bits at any moment . |
| 7 | Dr Curtis came in with Humber a few minutes later . |
| 8 | ‘ Hawaii ! ’ she announced when she rejoined Florian a few minutes later . |
| 9 | ‘ And of course , I do feed bad about it , ’ Maxim confessed to Agnes a few minutes later . |