Example sentences of "a few minutes [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ A few minutes ago an old man came to my office . |
| 32 | Would Sue ( she hardly knew her , after all , had only met her a few minutes ago ) really let her share the little bubble of love that sealed her and Pete up together and away from the rest of the world ? |
| 33 | Granville emphasized just a few minutes ago , anything to do with the quality system is not a Moses job . |
| 34 | For if that sudden drift of snow in the air a few minutes ago had seemed romantic to the young bride — or the bride 's mother — it had not in any way pleased Cara . |
| 35 | ‘ Your father arrived a few minutes ago , and is waiting to see you . ’ |
| 36 | Narrow passages like that one , built in a network right from here to about where the school party was standing a few minutes ago . |
| 37 | With little desire to talk , she walked beside Tom to his car — the sports car this time , as he had exchanged keys with Bill a few minutes ago . |
| 38 | Bill had only parked it here a few minutes ago . |
| 39 | ‘ In case you 've forgotten what we were doing a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 40 | If he had taken her here on the couch a few minutes ago , as he had so nearly done , their abandonment to passion then would have been a mutual — equal — thing , but now he was back to being the dominant partner in what remained of their relationship , controlling it and her . |
| 41 | Now she was lost , every cell , every fibre of her body alive with the memory of his possession , aching to re-experience what only a few hours , a few minutes ago she 'd sworn to deny them both . |
| 42 | He poured the wine and Robyn gradually , inch by inch , moment by moment , found herself slowly beginning to relax , to actually feel comfortable in her surroundings — something she would have thought impossible only a few minutes ago . |
| 43 | It was fine a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 44 | I might enjoy sampling what I was touching a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 45 | I had three questions on this point a few minutes ago . |
| 46 | In view of the exhortation by the hon. Member for Southampton , Test ( Mr. Hill ) a few minutes ago that we should buy British when we buy food , I wonder whether the Minister can tell the House what representations he has received from the Ministry of Defence on his consultation document ? |
| 47 | The announcements made by the Minister for Overseas Development a few minutes ago about the food situation were welcome , but people in Africa are starving and the terms of trade that they receive in their dealings with the developed countries , the problem of their huge indebtedness to the developed countries and the world order over which we now preside are such that hundreds of millions of people live on the edge of catastrophe . |
| 48 | At the climax to the debate a few minutes ago the hon. Member for Cunninghame , South ( Mr. Lambie ) was addressing a single Labour Back Bencher . |
| 49 | A few minutes ago the hon. Member for Bristol , East ( Mr. Sayeed ) attacked my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol , South ( Ms. Primarolo ) for being absent from the Chamber for the statement . |
| 50 | 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 ? |
| 51 | ’ … in the meantime I would just like to explain the untimely interruption which you heard a few minutes ago . |
| 52 | ‘ I heard him being interviewed on the news a few minutes ago , ’ Bridget added . |
| 53 | She put her arms around the older woman and muttered , ‘ I felt so alone , entirely on my own , a few minutes ago , but I 've got you and I 've got Charlie and May and Frank . |
| 54 | I must say I 've only grown two maincrop this year , I 've been clearing some new ground and I 've just grown King Edward and Pink Fir Apple , I 've got the biggest biggest Pink Fir Apples you have ever seen bar none but I 'm coming back to you now Fred , I put to you a few minutes ago , your personal recommendations for the best three or four or five potatoes for the different cooking purposes . |
| 55 | On the other hand , Lindsey found herself thinking , if Niall smiled at her the way he had smiled a few minutes ago , the dear lady probably would n't even need an anaesthetic ! |
| 56 | ‘ A few minutes ago , you agreed that there was . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ Jerry — he went into the men 's a few minutes ago and he has n't come out . ’ |
| 58 | Just a few minutes ago Lou Macari left the court buildings with his wife Dale , and his solicitor Stephen Pollard , who made this statement . |
| 59 | Just a few minutes ago the ambulance carrying the two boys arrived at Stoke Mandeville . |
| 60 | just told me a few minutes ago ! |