Example sentences of "[art] few minute [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moran was unassertive and attentive in the few minutes they discussed the game afterwards . |
| 2 | During the few minutes they chatted , apart from mentioning he was divorced , he did not bring up Liza 's name . |
| 3 | ‘ You managed to organize all this in the few minutes I was out there ? |
| 4 | In a political and administrative system as riddled with tradition as the British , the old model could , and probably will , be restored in the few minutes it takes a new prime minister to travel from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street . |
| 5 | For the few minutes he was trapped there he could feel the pull of the ocean on his legs . |
| 6 | But how could I achieve in a few minutes what I had failed to accomplish after hours of trying ? |
| 7 | After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow . |
| 8 | After a few minutes we were shaking hands . |
| 9 | Unable to stop paddling for fear of capsizing , Tony and I can not put on our anoraks and within a few minutes we are soaked by the freezing combination of sea and rain . |
| 10 | For a few minutes we slipped into the hut . |
| 11 | For a few minutes we watched a tree-creeper working his way up the trunk of a tree looking for grubs until Bill the dog , crashing through the undergrowth sniffing for smells , frightened him off . |
| 12 | For a few minutes we said nothing . |
| 13 | For a few minutes we fought wildly . |
| 14 | In a few minutes we would be ready for Firstlight , and then we 'd we clear . |
| 15 | After a few minutes we all started to move along the ditch . |
| 16 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be visiting the Victorian mansion that is n't finished yet , and has just been given a grant to ensure that it never will be . |
| 17 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be meeting the teenager who 's joined the elite in the world of magic . |
| 18 | Welcome back … in a few minutes we 'll be catching up with one of the fastest men on water … |
| 19 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be turning back the clock with the men who kept Britain 's coalmines working during the Second World War . |
| 20 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we take the wraps off one the great secrets in the world of wildlife . |
| 21 | The cat , delighted that its ordeal was over , burrowed under the covers like a furry hot-water bottle , and although Mildred had only meant to sit and get warm , within a few minutes her eyelids began to droop , and before long she was fast asleep — so fast asleep that she did not hear the door opening very quietly . |
| 22 | After a few minutes her voice began to grate on Dougal 's ears . |
| 23 | The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung . |
| 24 | She lay back with a little thud and for a few minutes they were both silent . |
| 25 | Then in a few minutes they were gone and quiet descended on our yard — but not for long . |
| 26 | Samuel had already arrived and within a few minutes they were joined by Neville Chamberlain , MacDonald told them of the situation in the Cabinet , and of his advice to the King . |
| 27 | After a few minutes they passed the first of the estate workers ' cottages , two storey , stone-built , and around three hundred years old . |
| 28 | At first chicks peck at both food and pebbles about equally , but after a few minutes they learn the difference and thereafter pick up the food and avoid the pebbles ( especially if the latter are glued to the floor ! ) . |
| 29 | For a few minutes they both remained thus , motionless . |
| 30 | For a few minutes they would wander along the rails and then , suddenly , as though seized with panic , they would hasten back to the safety of the group they had left . |