Example sentences of "[pron] [be] a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm a few minutes |
| 2 | We 're a few minutes early … ’ |
| 3 | There are a few minutes , perhaps not more than three or four , when I exist in a bewildering storm of hope , joy , incomprehen-sion and dread , when they do n't find the body at the bottom of the shaft . |
| 4 | If we were lucky , there were a few minutes in the evening when the wind dropped , the dust storm subsided , and we could brave the mosquitoes and wash the corrosive dust from our bodies . |
| 5 | There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food . |
| 6 | It was a few minutes after Allen recovered his bow that Friar Tuck and Simon the Trapper arrived at the tree . |
| 7 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
| 8 | ‘ He thinks it was a few minutes after six . ’ |
| 9 | Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her . |
| 10 | He knew the time because they had arranged to meet on the hour but he was a few minutes late and she was waiting . |
| 11 | He was a few minutes early . |
| 12 | I tell them to take their time ; it is hoped that the dog will be with them for the next ten years or more — what are a few minutes ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sure Mervyn wo n't mind us being a few minutes late , and for such a good cause , ’ said John earnestly . |