Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose it came into my room for a few minutes to see a book I 'd been telling him about , then he left and I hit the sack . |
| 2 | She lies on top of me , breathing hard , head on my shoulder for a few minutes , then she stirs , pulls herself up so that I flop out of her and her hard little nipples stroke my chest . |
| 3 | She 'd called him Sage , and she only stayed at my house for a few minutes as she had to get right back to see her new baby — the owl , of course . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , I remember , ’ said my mother after a few minutes . |
| 5 | After a while , sitting in the car , we saw her stand for a few minutes first on one of the Howes , then on another , still and with arms raised . |
| 6 | Naylor did not keep her waiting , but rang her doorbell with a few minutes to go before eleven . |
| 7 | In 1984 there was considerable publicity concerning a woman who gouged out her eye and another who slashed her breast in order to get out of her cell for a few minutes . |
| 8 | She sat on the edge of her bed for a few minutes , digging dirt from under her nails . |
| 9 | With full-back Ian Hunter not appearing Cumbria were in doubt about their line-up until a few minutes before kick-off , but showed no signs of uncertainty when the action began , winning a penalty from their first attack . |
| 10 | Sister was off duty , but the staff nurse , a big , auburn-haired girl with freckles , agreed to let Juliet see her mother for a few minutes . |
| 11 | She broke off to berate her son for a few minutes . |
| 12 | Cos Grant 's gone off to play with his computer for a few minutes . |
| 13 | Andrew Beattie was allowed a visit by his wife for a few minutes around half-past one and for the first time he learned that no strike organisers had been arrested other than in the Rathcoole district . |
| 14 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 15 | Or concentrate on your breathing for a few minutes , just feeling your stomach rising and falling but without trying to control the breathing in any way . |
| 16 | ‘ Please may we borrow your office for a few minutes , Major Spicer ? ’ |