Example sentences of "[vb past] a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if the order to which the Minister referred a few minutes ago is introduced , what can the Minister tell us about the Government 's thinking on what the timetable will be ? |
| 2 | Most of the teachers lingered a few minutes in the staff room , not from any affection for the place , but to allow the unruly mob of boys to get down the long road that led to Cullbridge , and thence to disperse to the bus station , to Wimpy bars , the library or their various homes . |
| 3 | The first cavalry charge came a few minutes later and it clearly worried the pickets . |
| 4 | But Yorkshire 's lead by then was 53 with the final 20 overs approaching and Craig White and Darren Gough carefully batted on until rain came a few minutes before the close . |
| 5 | The second exploded a few minutes later in a wastebin in Cavendish Square , where the store 's 1,500 staff usually gather during safety drills . |
| 6 | When its petrol tank exploded a few minutes later , the flames from the blazing car , the house and the cainca lit the dawn sky more brilliantly than the first rays of the rising sun . |
| 7 | ‘ … and homicide Lieutenant Wilson stated a few minutes ago that the police are closing in . |
| 8 | Miss Bedwelty arrived a few minutes after they did and they all piled into the factory . |
| 9 | Fowler , who arrived a few minutes later , was middle-aged ; he had stayed a detective constable ostensibly because he could not pass the examination for sergeant , but his colleagues claimed that he deliberately avoided promotion . |
| 10 | ‘ Taxi George ’ was waiting inside the apartment and ‘ Syrian George ’ arrived a few minutes later . |
| 11 | ‘ Your father arrived a few minutes ago , and is waiting to see you . ’ |
| 12 | The message probably arrived a few minutes after we left . |
| 13 | The muffled jangle of the bell disturbed her reverie , and she glanced up at the clock — it lacked a few minutes to three — her visitor was punctual as usual . |
| 14 | It passed a few minutes later . |
| 15 | We passed a few minutes in the exchanges that usually pass for conversation between people who know each other slightly and have no real business connection . |
| 16 | Any body got any thing else to report , with got a few minutes left ? |
| 17 | You only got a few minutes did n't you ? |
| 18 | The coffee arrived , followed a few minutes later by two tall and thin men who introduced themselves and led the Glovers to another room , barely identifiable as an office except for one discreet filing cabinet . |
| 19 | Melissa drove a pale and silent Rose back to the auberge , and Dora followed a few minutes later . |
| 20 | Benjamin and I followed a few minutes later . |
| 21 | There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon . |
| 22 | She disappeared back into the kitchen and returned a few minutes later carrying a very dirty and dusty bottle of wine . |
| 23 | He disappeared into the shelves and returned a few minutes later , holding a book . |
| 24 | She returned a few minutes later with an air of triumph , waving a folded map . |
| 25 | He returned a few minutes later — this time wearing his belt . |
| 26 | When she returned a few minutes later , the carrycot and child had gone . |
| 27 | I returned a few minutes later to find the cube assembled . |
| 28 | Dieter went off and returned a few minutes later with the information that Marie-Claire never came in on a Wednesday because her children 's school was closed on that day . |
| 29 | He returned a few minutes later with the news that a room was available . |
| 30 | She hurried off and returned a few minutes later with a tiny white gown . |