Example sentences of "in a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’ |
| 2 | Look , I 'm going to be snarled up in another meeting in a few minutes . |
| 3 | I 'll catch up with you again in a few minutes . |
| 4 | Inevitably they come straight down in a few minutes looking rather sheepish ! |
| 5 | He said , ‘ You 're down to lay the table in a few minutes . ’ |
| 6 | In a few minutes , six pages of Russian text had travelled from Riga to Moscow . |
| 7 | I made him understand that he was to stay where he was and I would return in a few minutes with a tin of tobacco . |
| 8 | If she was nervous it remained hidden and in a few minutes she had put each of the sisters completely at ease , their shame and apprehension gone . |
| 9 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
| 10 | But it was no use imagining ; in a few minutes she would know everything . |
| 11 | Mummy will come back in a few minutes , wo n't she , for Susie ? ’ |
| 12 | He would be coming round to collect in a few minutes ' time . |
| 13 | Her fingers stroked my balls and her lips slid on my penis and in a few minutes , free to call her what I wished , I pulled her down and mounted her . |
| 14 | In a few minutes it was all over . |
| 15 | ‘ She 'll be here in a few minutes . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Mr Parkinson is with Sir Ewen in the big house , but he 'll be along in a few minutes , ’ Bob informed them after Maggie explained why she was there . |
| 17 | In a few minutes the same policeman forced his way through the mob to the gallery . |
| 18 | He sketched her deftly in a few minutes . |
| 19 | Journalists can digest a story from a good press release in a few minutes , while attending a press conference is going to take an hour , not including travelling time . |
| 20 | This striking result led to further investigations , and it was noticed that one drop of the diluted nasal mucus added to 1 c.c. of a thick suspension of the cocci caused their complete disappearance in a few minutes at 37°C . |
| 21 | I 'll be back in a few minutes . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 24 | Alum Pot is straight ahead in a plantation of trees and is reached on foot in a few minutes , arriving there simultaneously with Alum Pot Beck which enters the plantation and disappears into the depths . |
| 25 | It was always disappointing to sight the Land Rover and anticipate being in camp in a few minutes and then have an hour to walk . |
| 26 | He returned in a few minutes with a very wet and chastened Liam and the cortege was complete . |
| 27 | While she was travelling this long roundabout route Jenny could get across in a straight line by the stepping-stones , all in a few minutes . |
| 28 | It was all over in a few minutes . |
| 29 | I 'll be fine in a few minutes . ’ |
| 30 | Some friends should be here in a few minutes , for a little drink . ’ |