Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [det] minutes later " in BNC.
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1 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
2 | She was then put in an armchair only to be told a few minutes later that her operation had been cancelled because the hospital was ‘ short staffed ’ . |
3 | His conclusion that it was simply an old-fashioned recognition of his comparative youth was to be torpedoed a few minutes later when he heard her addressing his neighbour as Alf . |
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 | Mr Toubon 's appointment as Minister of Culture , made public just before 8pm on 30 March , was announced a few minutes later over the public address system at the Salon de Mars art fair , which had just opened — to widespread applause . |
6 | A flashy piece of pop gothic from Joel Schumacher , Flatliners details the attempts of a group of brattish medical students ( Keifer Sutherland , Julia Roberts , Kevin Bacon etc ) to stop their hearts ( ‘ flatline ’ in medical slang ) , get revived a few minutes later , and in the process explore ‘ death ’ . |
7 | His morale was uplifted a few minutes later when the same Minister returned with a gaggle of additional members evidently called from the floor of the House . |
8 | I had been out for many hours that day and had covered many miles of jungle with unflagging caution , but without one moment , s unease , and then , on cresting the ridge , and coming in sight of the rocks , I knew they held danger for me , and this knowledge was confirmed a few minutes later by the kakar 's warning call to the jungle folk , and by my finding the man-eater 's pug marks superimposed on my footprints . |