Example sentences of "[conj] a few [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few thrusting minutes Edward gave a strangled cry that seemed to come from deep in his throat and jerked out of her . |
| 2 | Erika sat on her bed smiling and when , after a few vigorous minutes , her mother announced that all was ready , she burst out laughing . |
| 3 | After a few more minutes she became restless , and stood up again , her eyes searching the slope of the hillside and the valley below , trying to determine whether some small movement down there was a man on horseback or merely a trick of her imagination . |
| 4 | But after a few more minutes lie again became puzzled and tapped once more . |
| 5 | After a few more minutes he mumbled , ‘ You frightened ? ’ |
| 6 | After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed , leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle . |