Example sentences of "[noun] a few minutes [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Black pepper is a proper and good inclusion , because stirring it in to a hot dish a few minutes before serving releases wonderful flavour . |
2 | Tommy asked when the duty corporal entered the barracks a few minutes before lights out . |
3 | He had his suede shoes brushed over with a wire brush by the boot-black outside the General Post Office and arrived at Exchange station a few minutes before ten o'clock . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 |