Example sentences of "[prep] a few minutes [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes her voice began to grate on Dougal 's ears . |
| 2 | After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow . |
| 3 | After a few minutes we were shaking hands . |
| 4 | After a few minutes we all started to move along the ditch . |
| 5 | After a few minutes they passed the first of the estate workers ' cottages , two storey , stone-built , and around three hundred years old . |
| 6 | 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 ! ) . |
| 7 | After a few minutes they were half opened and a middle-aged woman came and sat on the chair by his bed . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little . |
| 10 | After a few minutes she returned . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’ |
| 14 | After a few minutes she padded back into the bedroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel . |
| 15 | After a few minutes she stopped watching them . |
| 16 | Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again . |
| 17 | After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper . |
| 18 | After a few minutes she opened them again . |
| 19 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
| 22 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | After a few minutes it will slowly and cautiously uncurl itself again . |
| 25 | Then after a few minutes it all stops . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief . |
| 28 | Nothing happened , except that after a few minutes I checked that no one had come into the room to observe such antics ! |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | After a few minutes I realize this letter can not be written truthfully . |