Example sentences of "[noun prp] a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | His body had now completely relaxed after his frantic efforts with Molly a few minutes before . |
| 2 | We discussed the administration of the hospital , especially the shift times of the nurses , to allow Frank a few minutes alone with Salome . |
| 3 | He had learned from watching Rupert a few minutes before that the quicker you answered the quicker you were released . |
| 4 | ‘ Your uncle , as you know , comes in at ten past twelve on the dot and Carrie a few minutes after , that is if she has n't stopped to gaze in the shops . |
| 5 | They left Riverboat Island a few minutes later , walked over the wide bridge in silence . |
| 6 | Her Dutch cleaning lady would be coming round in the morning — let her do it , thought an exhausted Olga a few minutes later , as she shakily bathed her face under the cold tap ; Boyd could darn well pay her more housekeeping to cover the extra hours of work . |
| 7 | Naturally such a prolonged absence was a little worrying , especially in view of , well , the circumstances ; and in fact an anxious Ashenden had rung Kidlington a few minutes previously , just in case the police knew anything . |
| 8 | Standing talking with Mrs McMahon a few minutes later , she saw him capture Feargal . |
| 9 | With little desire to talk , she walked beside Tom to his car — the sports car this time , as he had exchanged keys with Bill a few minutes ago . |
| 10 | But really I do n't think so , although I did speak to the Reading manager Ian Porterfield a few minutes ago and he does seem relaxed and so do his players , so you know I am a little worried now , now we 're getting nearer kick-off I 'm beginning to get a little more worried . |
| 11 | They threaded their way through the vegetable market , full of dull early spring vegetables instead of the mounds of tomatoes and aubergines and peppers and artichokes that Julia longed to see and buy , and reached the Tribunale di Giustizia a few minutes later . |
| 12 | When Carter a few minutes later in the debate said , ‘ I asked my ( eight-year-old ) daughter Amy last night what she thought … ’ , what the audience heard was : ‘ I 'd better try to find a warm human illustration before it 's too late . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He 's a manager , your dad , is n't he ? ’ asked Jamie Shepherd a few minutes later as they bounced round a corner with the old van rattling as if it was going to shake itself to bits at any moment . |
| 14 | Dr Curtis came in with Humber a few minutes later . |
| 15 | ‘ Hawaii ! ’ she announced when she rejoined Florian a few minutes later . |
| 16 | ‘ And of course , I do feed bad about it , ’ Maxim confessed to Agnes a few minutes later . |