Example sentences of "[adj] minutes [adv] [art] [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few minutes later the spaceship was falling towards a planet covered with tall buildings . |
| 2 | After a few minutes more the conversation was beginning to flag . |
| 3 | The Suffolk side had the perfect start , as the impressive Fry waltzed through the visitors ' defence to settle any early nerves and just six minutes later the title was effectively Tuddenham Road bound . |
| 4 | Ten minutes later the escarpment was at my feet . |
| 5 | Nine minutes later the plane was airborne from the pitted runway . |
| 6 | Nine minutes later the score was 3–0 as John Brown broke into the penalty box and set up Ian Ferguson to fire home . |
| 7 | Five minutes later the whaler was in the water and moving away from the side of the Ariadne . |
| 8 | He dispatched a police patrol car , but when it arrived 16 minutes later the telephone was swinging on the end of its cord . |
| 9 | Twenty minutes later the Sergeant was showing me my accommodation for the night : a bare cell except for a wooden bunk in one corner and two blankets . |