Example sentences of "a few minutes after " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat chatting for a few minutes after finishing our meal . |
| 2 | Mustard should be allowed to stand for a few minutes after mixing and before serving to allow the flavour to develop , but mix little and often the flavour will be retained but the pungency will soon be lost . |
| 3 | Ian equalised for the Palace a few minutes after coming on to the field , then put us ahead in extra-time for one of the most telling substitutions in the annals of the great competition |
| 4 | The weather , observed at Goose Bay Airport a few minutes after the accident , was scattered cloud at 800 feet , overcast cloud at 3,400 feet , visibility ten miles , temperature 54°F , dewpoint 53° F and the wind 325° M at seven knots . |
| 5 | A few minutes after speaking to Haines , a call came through . |
| 6 | The Soiree on 23rd December 1869 took place in one of the distillery lofts " a few minutes after six o'clock when the hall was completely crowded , upwards of 600 persons being present . " |
| 7 | Whilst the earliest phase lasted only a few minutes after the training trial , and the intermediate ones declined within the hour , long-term memory seemed to build up slowly over the first hour after training , and protein synthesis inhibitors would no longer disrupt it if they were administered more than an hour after the training ( Figure 10.1 ) |
| 8 | I could train birds on the bitter bead , shock them , either immediately or a few minutes after training , and compare the biochemistry in the birds which had tasted the bead but forgotten the association with that in the birds which had tasted and remembered the bead . |
| 9 | The video shop did n't open up until a few minutes after ten . |
| 10 | A few minutes after eight , as they watched , a black flag moved slowly up the post . |
| 11 | He said he could do that in a few minutes after getting to his office , and I arranged to ring him later in the morning . |
| 12 | ‘ He was kind enough to give me a few minutes after Evensong yesterday . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's my guess that the reunion really will take place — probably only a few minutes after her arrival . ’ |
| 14 | The concluding rounds of the peace negotiations , which had been held sporadically over the past 20 months , began under UN auspices in Mexico on Nov. 25 following the declaration of a unilateral FMLN ceasefire on Nov. 16 and recommenced in New York on Dec. 16 ; Pérez de Cuéllar , whose term of office expired only a few minutes after the signature of the agreement , had made the issue of peace in El Salvador a personal crusade . |
| 15 | ‘ He thinks it was a few minutes after six . ’ |
| 16 | A few minutes after restarting he picked up the autobahn to Salzburg . |
| 17 | There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed . |
| 18 | When Sarella pushed open the big old doors of the refectory a few minutes after eight she found the high-domed room beyond her deserted . |
| 19 | A few minutes after twelve o'clock I reported to the police station . |