Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few minutes [pers pn] " 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 During the few minutes they chatted , apart from mentioning he was divorced , he did not bring up Liza 's name .
3 After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow .
4 After a few minutes we were shaking hands .
5 After a few minutes we all started to move along the ditch .
6 After a few minutes they passed the first of the estate workers ' cottages , two storey , stone-built , and around three hundred years old .
7 At first chicks peck at both food and pebbles about equally , but after a few minutes they learn the difference and thereafter pick up the food and avoid the pebbles ( especially if the latter are glued to the floor ! ) .
8 After a few minutes they were half opened and a middle-aged woman came and sat on the chair by his bed .
9 She made it back to her office and sank into her chair ; but after a few minutes she sat up , combed her hair and decided to go home .
10 At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little .
11 After a few minutes she returned .
12 After a few minutes she noticed a certain cunning softness replacing the apprehension of his expression , and her heart began to beat a little faster .
13 After a few minutes she decided to take another two tables and then continued taking two at a time until she had swallowed about 30 .
14 After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’
15 After a few minutes she padded back into the bedroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel .
16 After a few minutes she stopped watching them .
17 Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again .
18 After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper .
19 After a few minutes she opened them again .
20 They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive .
21 After a few minutes she bent her head and dropped a kiss lightly on his ankle , and then her hand slid up under the leg of the leathers and sensuously kneaded the firm muscle at the back of his calf .
22 After a few minutes it was the same inside .
23 Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’
24 If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ .
25 After a few minutes it will slowly and cautiously uncurl itself again .
26 Then after a few minutes it all stops .
27 After a few minutes I felt pins and needles in my behind , my blood pressure was fine and I was allowed to sit up again .
28 After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief .
29 Nothing happened , except that after a few minutes I checked that no one had come into the room to observe such antics !
30 After a few minutes I unexpectedly found myself singing a song which I was sure I had not sung since Eton days forty years before .
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