Example sentences of "a few minute [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Just a few minutes walk from town centre & beach .
32 As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’
33 As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’
34 As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’
35 From our site in Old College it is only a few minutes walk to Parliament House , where the highest criminal and civil courts in Scotland sit , and to the local Sheriff and district court .
36 ‘ The police station is only a few minutes walk away . ’
37 For a few minutes Merrill heard the murmur of their voices , followed by the sound of Luke 's outer door closing .
38 Within a few minutes Elisa was on the settee in the sitting room where , at last , she regained consciousness .
39 It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside .
40 After a few minutes Jack groped for the bedside table .
41 The resultant online , interactive database is designed to be so easy to use that after a few minutes practice even novices can make very sophisticated searches and will have nearly instantaneous access to a vast storehouse of information hitherto accessible only after tedious , time-consuming and costly searches through individual issues .
42 After a few minutes Wednesday arrived with about ten boys , Mr Morraine and Matron .
43 And then in a few minutes Dennis is going to join with me in explaining to you how we are going to make the quality planning procedure work for you .
44 In a few minutes Tim we 're going to walk to the post office .
45 They had they had a few minutes silence for him when he died down Framlingham .
46 After a few minutes Dieter 's car overtook them ; when they arrived at the auberge , it was parked in the shadows a short distance away with two dim shapes close together in the front seats .
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