Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few minutes he " in BNC.

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1 For the few minutes he was trapped there he could feel the pull of the ocean on his legs .
2 After a few minutes he heaved himself out of bed , but his leg let him down and he fell backwards .
3 It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way .
4 After a few minutes he had spoken again .
5 I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’
6 After a few minutes he replaces it with something more conducive to conversation , the Neville Brothers ' ‘ Yellow Moon ’ .
7 After a few minutes he raised his head and was now sitting motionless , pale and haggard but controlled , while Iris , her eyes moist with sympathetic tears , stood silently and helplessly by .
8 After a few minutes he came back and locked the door behind him .
9 After a few minutes he burst into our room with a shocked look on his face .
10 He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity .
11 But if you leave a child for a few minutes he may find the pills you keep in the bedside drawer and poison himself .
12 It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames .
13 Well , I was there , behind the bar , standing in for Marcus , for a few minutes he said , more like two hours , so I saw it all develop .
14 George drove , not going anywhere , and for a few minutes he said nothing , then : ‘ Ecology .
15 For a few minutes he remained silent and she wondered where the bright start to the day had gone .
16 Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression .
17 My Donald had terrible injuries , yet for a few minutes he lived .
18 Within a few minutes he had noticed a scruffy individual walk into the Oak public house , Stoke Row .
19 ‘ Frankie would buy a wonderful new suit and within a few minutes he 'd look as though he 'd slept in it .
20 I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line .
21 In a few minutes he was ready .
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