Example sentences of "a [adj] minutes [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow . |
| 2 | After a few minutes we were shaking hands . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For a few minutes we slipped into the hut . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | For a few minutes we said nothing . |
| 7 | For a few minutes we fought wildly . |
| 8 | In a few minutes we would be ready for Firstlight , and then we 'd we clear . |
| 9 | After a few minutes we all started to move along the ditch . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be meeting the teenager who 's joined the elite in the world of magic . |
| 12 | Welcome back … in a few minutes we 'll be catching up with one of the fastest men on water … |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we take the wraps off one the great secrets in the world of wildlife . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She lay back with a little thud and for a few minutes they were both silent . |
| 17 | Then in a few minutes they were gone and quiet descended on our yard — but not for long . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | After a few minutes they passed the first of the estate workers ' cottages , two storey , stone-built , and around three hundred years old . |
| 20 | 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 ! ) . |
| 21 | For a few minutes they both remained thus , motionless . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | After a few minutes they were half opened and a middle-aged woman came and sat on the chair by his bed . |
| 24 | In a few minutes they were on a smaller road , with the lough in view . |
| 25 | For a few minutes they contemplated the grazing animals in silence . |
| 26 | In a few minutes they 'd left behind the head office of Chester Fabrics , driven past the fire-blackened fabric printing plant and escaped into the lush green countryside on the way back to Armscott Manor , the rambling Cotswold home of the Chesters for three generations . |
| 27 | In a few minutes they 'll have a car rush , as 90 cars race through the streets . |
| 28 | After waiting a few minutes she collected the pictures from the slot outside the booth , put them in her bag without looking at them and hurried home . |
| 29 | She made it back to her office and sank into her chair ; but after a few minutes she sat up , combed her hair and decided to go home . |
| 30 | 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 . |