Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every ceremony includes a few minutes ' silence in which believers can pray . |
| 2 | Melissa drove a pale and silent Rose back to the auberge , and Dora followed a few minutes later . |
| 3 | The boardroom was half empty now , just the Chester family remaining following the break-up of the emergency board meeting a few minutes earlier . |
| 4 | The telephone rang a few minutes later , and she came to life as Roman 's deep voice answered her . |
| 5 | By the time the telephone rang a few minutes later , he had forgotten it altogether . |
| 6 | Sometimes it is helpful to give an ice cold drink a few minutes before a meal to relive the difficulty of chewing or swallowing . |
| 7 | The first cavalry charge came a few minutes later and it clearly worried the pickets . |
| 8 | But Yorkshire 's lead by then was 53 with the final 20 overs approaching and Craig White and Darren Gough carefully batted on until rain came a few minutes before the close . |
| 9 | ‘ … and homicide Lieutenant Wilson stated a few minutes ago that the police are closing in . |
| 10 | This whole process takes a few minutes . |
| 11 | Rain spent a few minutes sympathizing with the psychic 's frustrations and then suggested that she try Maureen again , but with a specific request for a set of keys . |
| 12 | They were still at the window when Timothy Gedge appeared a few minutes later . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Your father arrived a few minutes ago , and is waiting to see you . ’ |
| 15 | Daak spent a few minutes kicking the remains of the pilot out of the front of the cockpit , and then settled himself into the pilot 's bucket seat and swivelled lazily from side to side , waiting for the women . |
| 16 | Their destination , Sandy discovered a few minutes later , was the Liston Hall boat house . |
| 17 | With Anne , to think was to act and when her father appeared a few minutes later she said immediately , ‘ Dad , Maureen has a friend who 's had to give up his house and live in a crummy room . |
| 18 | When I arrived ten minutes before her at one stop ( advance means a few minutes ahead as well as two months ) I found that two ladies in wheelchairs had positioned themselves at the foot of the stairs and were pleading with everyone to let them stay and shake hands with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 19 | Most of the teachers lingered a few minutes in the staff room , not from any affection for the place , but to allow the unruly mob of boys to get down the long road that led to Cullbridge , and thence to disperse to the bus station , to Wimpy bars , the library or their various homes . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The Scotsman waited until the plane landed a few minutes later , held out his hand and caught it . |
| 22 | The Scotsman waited until the plane landed a few minutes later , held out his hand and caught it . |
| 23 | The Scotsman waited until the plane landed a few minutes later , held out his hand and caught it . |
| 24 | Ib 's Club was similar to the others she 'd visited , but more so , Gina decided a few minutes later as wearily she followed Rune into its depths : deeper , darker , more packed , the music more rawly evocative . |
| 25 | She had seen the Adjudicator leave a few minutes before . |
| 26 | He left the cosy little restaurant to reappear a few minutes later with the announcement that her taxi was at the door and that he and Bob would go with her as far as her hotel . |
| 27 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 28 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | When its petrol tank exploded a few minutes later , the flames from the blazing car , the house and the cainca lit the dawn sky more brilliantly than the first rays of the rising sun . |