Example sentences of "a [adj] minutes it " in BNC.
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| 1 | She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories . |
| 2 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
| 3 | In a few minutes it was all over . |
| 4 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
| 5 | If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ . |
| 6 | Within a few minutes it has to return to wet its skin and take a fresh mouthful of water . |
| 7 | After a few minutes it will slowly and cautiously uncurl itself again . |
| 8 | Then after a few minutes it all stops . |
| 9 | Within a few minutes it was adopted unanimously . |
| 10 | The bathroom 's a bit chilly but once you 've put that heater on and shut the door for a few minutes it 's |
| 11 | And it only stopped once and that were at er unless it stopped to change engines somewhere , perhaps it would , but it stopped in Birmingham for twenty minutes and what a twenty minutes it were . |