Example sentences of "[verb] a few minutes [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
| 3 | The first cavalry charge came a few minutes later and it clearly worried the pickets . |
| 4 | The boardroom was half empty now , just the Chester family remaining following the break-up of the emergency board meeting a few minutes earlier . |
| 5 | The second exploded a few minutes later in a wastebin in Cavendish Square , where the store 's 1,500 staff usually gather during safety drills . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Loc stared hard at her for a moment then glanced out across the clearing again , remembering suddenly the expression he 'd seen a few minutes before on the Frenchman 's face . |
| 8 | ‘ … and homicide Lieutenant Wilson stated a few minutes ago that the police are closing in . |
| 9 | Some of you listen some of you have got a few minutes erm some of you have got a few minutes obviously erm only I 'm not going to start anything . |
| 10 | She was then put in an armchair only to be told a few minutes later that her operation had been cancelled because the hospital was ‘ short staffed ’ . |
| 11 | On the other hand , Lindsey found herself thinking , if Niall smiled at her the way he had smiled a few minutes ago , the dear lady probably would n't even need an anaesthetic ! |
| 12 | Tonight then it 's a communion thanksgiving service , but let me just spend a few minutes just sketching a little background on some of life 's challenges . |
| 13 | Fowler , who arrived a few minutes later , was middle-aged ; he had stayed a detective constable ostensibly because he could not pass the examination for sergeant , but his colleagues claimed that he deliberately avoided promotion . |
| 14 | ‘ Taxi George ’ was waiting inside the apartment and ‘ Syrian George ’ arrived a few minutes later . |
| 15 | ‘ Your father arrived a few minutes ago , and is waiting to see you . ’ |
| 16 | His conclusion that it was simply an old-fashioned recognition of his comparative youth was to be torpedoed a few minutes later when he heard her addressing his neighbour as Alf . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose we can stay a few minutes longer , ’ said Cathy . |
| 18 | I might enjoy sampling what I was touching a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 19 | It passed a few minutes later . |
| 20 | He had never been to a theatre in London , but he knew now , after the performance she had given a few minutes ago , that Mother Bombie was the greatest actress in the world . |
| 21 | ‘ Maybe he would have played a few minutes more , ’ said Zoff . |
| 22 | The coffee arrived , followed a few minutes later by two tall and thin men who introduced themselves and led the Glovers to another room , barely identifiable as an office except for one discreet filing cabinet . |
| 23 | Melissa drove a pale and silent Rose back to the auberge , and Dora followed a few minutes later . |
| 24 | Benjamin and I followed a few minutes later . |
| 25 | She disappeared back into the kitchen and returned a few minutes later carrying a very dirty and dusty bottle of wine . |
| 26 | He disappeared into the shelves and returned a few minutes later , holding a book . |
| 27 | She returned a few minutes later with an air of triumph , waving a folded map . |
| 28 | He returned a few minutes later — this time wearing his belt . |
| 29 | When she returned a few minutes later , the carrycot and child had gone . |
| 30 | I returned a few minutes later to find the cube assembled . |