Example sentences of "a few minutes with " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Add the rice and saffron and sauté for a few minutes with the onion until opaque . |
| 3 | He returned in a few minutes with a very wet and chastened Liam and the cortege was complete . |
| 4 | I can knock fifty thousand miles off the clock in a few minutes with my high-speed electric drill . |
| 5 | I showered and then decided to lie in a hot bath for a few minutes with a cup of tea at my elbow and the latest Kingsley Amis in front of my face . |
| 6 | She was familiar enough with the garden by this time to return in only a few minutes with sheafs of colourful tropical blooms , and she arranged them in two big vases to make riotously informal bunches of colour that lacked classical form but would , she hoped , be pleasing to Faye 's artistic eye . |
| 7 | After a few minutes with Mr Malik , Robert himself quite often felt like making the frighteningly short journey from doubt to belief . |
| 8 | My reason is that George spent a few minutes with Lennie , comforting and making him a happy man by reminding him of his dreams , before sending him off to find his final dream in heaven . |