Example sentences of "minutes she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she was nervous it remained hidden and in a few minutes she had put each of the sisters completely at ease , their shame and apprehension gone . |
| 2 | Her earlier fears about what terrors lay in store returned , all the more powerful because for a few minutes she had forgotten them . |
| 3 | In spite of her unwillingness to join the outing , and the remote mood she had been in for most of the day , in the last few minutes she had begun to feel herself a real person . |
| 4 | During the last minutes she had been talking with extreme rapidity in a light high voice . |
| 5 | For several minutes she had nothing more to say . |
| 6 | Inside four minutes she had a doctor , a plain van and a rendezvous . |
| 7 | For the past few minutes she had not really been paying much attention to the direction and she looked round worriedly . |
| 8 | Within minutes she had bled to death . |
| 9 | After five minutes she had no doubts — that was the man all right . |
| 10 | In minutes she had garlic , onions , carrots and celery cooking together gently in olive oil . |
| 11 | After waiting a few minutes she collected the pictures from the slot outside the booth , put them in her bag without looking at them and hurried home . |
| 12 | In five minutes she 'd fashioned a ring out of the wire . |
| 13 | In those few minutes she 'd simply been reacting to the mood he 'd created so skilfully . |
| 14 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 15 | After a few minutes she returned . |
| 16 | For several minutes she heard them splashing and laughing in the water , then gradually quiet returned to the camp . |
| 17 | Within minutes she heard the front door of the cabin slam shut and she knew he was gone . |
| 18 | For a few minutes she indulged in a fantasy where she was one of the young mothers and the child by her side was Roman 's . |
| 19 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |
| 22 | Every few minutes she glanced again at the postcard . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little . |
| 25 | After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper . |
| 26 | After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’ |
| 27 | After 10 to 20 minutes she said that Mr H was mentally ill and would become worse without the medicines she prescribed . |
| 28 | He , she said I dare n't leave them together two minutes she said our Liza 'll play hell out of our Alan ! |
| 29 | The pool water was working wonders on her ankle and after a few more minutes she tested its strength . |
| 30 | Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again . |