Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood watching beside the flower-beds ; and after a long minute of uninterrupted work , Orrie straightened his long , athlete 's back again , and turned towards his audience the massive , stony beauty of his face , flushed with exertion . |
| 2 | The results suggested that the half-life of these complexes was short , in the range of a few minutes for P A2b and of 10–20 seconds for P A3 , since the DNA-strand opening was undetectable at both promoters after a 10 minutes challenge and , in the case of P A3 , considerably reduced after a 15 seconds challenge ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 3 | I returned after a ten minute wait and the clouds rolled away to waken the scene from its gloomy darkness . |
| 4 | After a few minutes , my friend reappeared . |
| 5 | After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow . |
| 6 | After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns . |
| 7 | After a few minutes we were shaking hands . |
| 8 | After a few minutes , Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble emerged . |
| 9 | She made it back to her office and sank into her chair ; but after a few minutes she sat up , combed her hair and decided to go home . |
| 10 | She had heard dark mutterings about him but after a few minutes of talking with him she was ready to put it down to common envy . |
| 11 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
| 12 | Ice fishing , I find , is as cold as anything I have ever tried in the Arctic , and after a few minutes of unproductive ass-freezing I pack it in . |
| 13 | After a few minutes , he was led into the ‘ blister bunker ’ for some restorative treatment . |
| 14 | After a few minutes he heaved himself out of bed , but his leg let him down and he fell backwards . |
| 15 | At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little . |
| 16 | After a few minutes , Mungo plucked up enough courage to ask : ‘ You know up at the lake ? |
| 17 | It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way . |
| 18 | AFTER a few minutes in the company of Joe Boyd , I was wondering whether there was anybody in world music he had not heard of . |
| 19 | After a few minutes the noise began to subside . |
| 20 | After a few minutes a little flame blossomed at the far corner . |
| 21 | After a few minutes one of the men detached himself from the group and walked after Fred at a smart pace . |
| 22 | After a few minutes she returned . |
| 23 | After a few minutes Wednesday arrived with about ten boys , Mr Morraine and Matron . |
| 24 | After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser . |
| 25 | After a few minutes ’ pleasantries , they parted company , Isaacs to continue his beat , and Inspector Drewitt for another conference point with young PC Shorter , at Folly Crossroads , less than a mile to the north of the town . |
| 26 | After a few minutes I felt pins and needles in my behind , my blood pressure was fine and I was allowed to sit up again . |
| 27 | In order to test these predictions we need to compare the size of the latent inhibition effect found after a long exposure — test interval ( which we may take to be 24 h or more ) with that found after a short interval ( when conditioning follows exposure immediately or after a few minutes ) . |
| 28 | After a few minutes , he went into the saloon and ordered a coffee which he drank standing at the bar . |
| 29 | After a few minutes , he got out and wandered over : ‘ Here , son , give me a shot at that , ’ he said , and I passed him the rod . |
| 30 | After a few minutes she noticed a certain cunning softness replacing the apprehension of his expression , and her heart began to beat a little faster . |