Example sentences of "[noun pl] a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could look back down on her twenty-two years and see a tall handsome man , and she recalled his words a few minutes ago , ‘ Sorrow does n't last . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Even know you tried to pay back the last five shillings a few minutes before my father went to the synagogue one Saturday . |
| 3 | Which one wa I I ca n't remember what I sa I was saying a f a lot of things a few minutes ago . |
| 4 | In response to a frantic waving of arms a few minutes later , I opened up our trusty Seagull motor and chugged round the harbour arm to brave the swell . |
| 5 | Reporters for ITN were getting the results a few minutes ahead of the announcement , by asking the candidates . |
| 6 | They had taken out all the drawers to make it lighter and Matthew brought down two of the drawers a few minutes later . |
| 7 | Despite being normally mesmerised by the subject of the early Renaissance artists , on this occasion I was grateful to see the professor stacking up his papers a few minutes before the lecture was scheduled to end . |