Example sentences of "a [adj] minutes after [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The message probably arrived a few minutes after we left . |
| 2 | Miss Bedwelty arrived a few minutes after they did and they all piled into the factory . |
| 3 | A few minutes after they drove away there was a knock at the front door . |
| 4 | A few minutes after they started again a movement out on the plain caught Nathaniel Sherman 's eye . |
| 5 | The doorbell rang a few minutes after she had opened the lid of her case and returned downstairs to make herself a cup of tea . |
| 6 | ‘ A few minutes after I had told him I was n't going on , a gang of his thugs suddenly appeared and pointed machine-guns at us and ordered us to get up on stage . |
| 7 | I 'll be able to model your gown ; it 's right at the end of the show , so I 'll have a few minutes after I 've finished Roman 's clothes . ’ |
| 8 | Your presence may help to concentrate its mind , however , and you can establish a routine whereby it can run around and play for a few minutes after it has performed as desired . |
| 9 | But a few minutes after he was launched into the speech he came to a dead stop , stared strangely at the gallery in silence , and could not go on . |
| 10 | For a few minutes after he came in , the rats were quiet . |
| 11 | The instinctive warning came to him a few minutes after he had cleared a small brook in an easy leap , and resumed the even rhythm of his distance-eating stride . |