Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] minutes " in BNC.
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| 31 | At first , the sensation may seem strange but , after a few minutes , you will appreciate its comfort . |
| 32 | Poor appetite , stops feeding and screams after a few minutes |
| 33 | After a few minutes of stilted , low-voiced conversation , Gladys retreated to her room , and Meryl thankfully resumed her seat in the window . |
| 34 | After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief . |
| 35 | Nothing happened , except that after a few minutes I checked that no one had come into the room to observe such antics ! |
| 36 | After a few minutes he had spoken again . |
| 37 | After a few minutes dried food becomes soggy and loses its appeal , so the rule becomes : feed no more than the fish will eat in five minutes . |
| 38 | After a few minutes the water will change colour . |
| 39 | After a few minutes , use a slotted spoon to remove the beige scum that has risen to the surface . |
| 40 | After a few minutes , she was shown into that estimable if forbidding woman 's presence . |
| 41 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 42 | After a few minutes , he became aware of Peter Dawson 's portrait staring down at him from the top of the piano , and he stopped . |
| 43 | After a few minutes I unexpectedly found myself singing a song which I was sure I had not sung since Eton days forty years before . |
| 44 | After a few minutes ' walk it seemed she had truly left the hamlet of Pook 's Common behind . |
| 45 | After a few minutes , he raised her to her feet , and gently pushed her back on the bed . |
| 46 | After a few minutes he replaces it with something more conducive to conversation , the Neville Brothers ' ‘ Yellow Moon ’ . |
| 47 | If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up . |
| 48 | ‘ After a few minutes an embarrassed train driver told us the man who should have unlocked the gate had not turned up . ’ |
| 49 | After a few minutes in the kitchen , the lady placed before me a plate of home-made scones , a dish of jam and a large pot of tea , all delicious . |
| 50 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
| 51 | 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 ’ . |
| 52 | Nicky Ryan can be a defensive man in the wrong company , but after a few minutes in my presence he seems to know I have ‘ felt ’ Enya 's music , and he relaxes considerably . |
| 53 | After a few minutes , Boltwood told the young man to centre his mind on healing the illness . |
| 54 | After a few minutes , when he thought I was OK , Stuart stood up . |
| 55 | " Comment t'appelles ? " he asked , after a few minutes . |
| 56 | After a few minutes had passed a loud scream was heard , for it was an electric oven ; and Alf , with singed hair , ran out of the house , down the street and round the corner where he vaulted the Embankment wall , intending to drown himself in the river but forgetting that it was a low tide . |
| 57 | After a few minutes I realize this letter can not be written truthfully . |
| 58 | After a few minutes a woman in a grey fur coat began to cross the street from my building . |
| 59 | After a few minutes , I took a deep breath . |
| 60 | After a few minutes , his breathing quickened and he started making noises that might have come from a monkey-house at feeding time . |