Example sentences of "it was [det] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was some minutes before the hubbub died down . |
| 2 | It was some minutes later when her glance encountered Rourke , engrossed in conversation . |
| 3 | It was several minutes before he had found the courage to ask her how she had got to the beach . |
| 4 | The house seemed to be an absolute maze of rooms , though , and it was several minutes before she finally opened a door that led into a surprisingly well-equipped kitchen . |
| 5 | And it was several minutes before her quick ears picked up , from somewhere well ahead of her , the snap of a broken branch under a trampling foot . |
| 6 | It was several minutes into the meal before Rune broke the silence between them . |
| 7 | Her lifeless fingers refused to obey the simplest of commands , and it was several minutes before she felt the spray , as hot as she could bear , pounding her stiffened body back into life , tingling the nerve-ends until she felt almost human again . |
| 8 | It was several minutes before she decided that he really was n't there . |
| 9 | It was several minutes before Harris reappeared . |
| 10 | And when at last he got a ringing tone , it was several minutes before it was answered . |
| 11 | It was several minutes before Tommy , wearing the dead German 's pickelhaube , appeared at the top of the stone steps . |