Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] [det] minutes [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
2 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
3 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
4 | She 'll bring it to you in a few minutes and it 'll help you keep your strength . ’ |
5 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
6 | Did Changez have any idea of the reluctance with which his bride-to-be , now moving across to her bookshelf , picking up a book by Kate Millett , staring into it for a few minutes and replacing it after a reproachful and pitying glance from her mother , would be exchanging vows with him ? |
7 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
8 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |