Example sentences of "[conj] for [art] few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lay back with a little thud and for a few minutes they were both silent . |
| 2 | As long as I was forced to stay awake I shrank from any stimulus to sensation ; now I relax and welcome the fading sensations until they are extinct , and for a few minutes will notice impressions of which I am normally unaware , such as the twilight images on the edge of consciousness . |
| 3 | They sat in their saddles , and for a few minutes there was a great peace , as if the world held its breath at the beauty of this Irish evening . |
| 4 | When Nancy was out in the street again , she sat down on a door-step , and for a few minutes seemed unable to move . |
| 5 | It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside . |
| 6 | George drove , not going anywhere , and for a few minutes he said nothing , then : ‘ Ecology . |
| 7 | He slid his hands into the sleeves , and lifted it to turn the back to the light , and for a few minutes stood studying it closely . |
| 8 | Only five or six farms were involved in this tragedy ; but for a few minutes at least we traverse fields brought into being by the high-handed action of a fifteenth-century squire , and pass by the mounds where the hamlet of Holyoak once stood . |
| 9 | Her earlier fears about what terrors lay in store returned , all the more powerful because for a few minutes she had forgotten them . |