Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] minutes [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derry were the better side at Gortakeegan for the first minutes they squandered several chances to kill off newcomers Monaghan and paid the penalty when the home side clawed their way back to force an equaliser . |
| 2 | He could hardly stand still for the two minutes it took to slip them over his blouse and he shouted at her to be quick , that Ferdinando was waiting to take him rabbit-shooting . |
| 3 | During the few minutes they chatted , apart from mentioning he was divorced , he did not bring up Liza 's name . |
| 4 | During the last minutes she had been talking with extreme rapidity in a light high voice . |
| 5 | After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow . |
| 6 | After a few minutes they passed the first of the estate workers ' cottages , two storey , stone-built , and around three hundred years old . |
| 7 | At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’ |
| 10 | Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again . |
| 11 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |
| 12 | After a few minutes she returned . |
| 13 | After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper . |
| 14 | After a few minutes she stopped watching them . |
| 15 | After a few minutes she decided to take another two tables and then continued taking two at a time until she had swallowed about 30 . |
| 16 | She made it back to her office and sank into her chair ; but after a few minutes she sat up , combed her hair and decided to go home . |
| 17 | After a few minutes she padded back into the bedroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel . |
| 18 | After a few minutes she opened them again . |
| 19 | After a few minutes she bent her head and dropped a kiss lightly on his ankle , and then her hand slid up under the leg of the leathers and sensuously kneaded the firm muscle at the back of his calf . |
| 20 | Nothing happened , except that after a few minutes I checked that no one had come into the room to observe such antics ! |
| 21 | After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief . |
| 22 | But after a few minutes I saw the creature 's body begin to move . |
| 23 | After a few minutes I felt pins and needles in my behind , my blood pressure was fine and I was allowed to sit up again . |
| 24 | I was glad to stay and rest at first , but after a few minutes I became unbearably nervous . |
| 25 | After a few minutes I managed to get to my knees and use a pee-bottle , although after sweating so much , I ca n't imagine I needed to . |
| 26 | After a few minutes he raised his head and was now sitting motionless , pale and haggard but controlled , while Iris , her eyes moist with sympathetic tears , stood silently and helplessly by . |
| 27 | After a few minutes he burst into our room with a shocked look on his face . |
| 28 | After a few minutes he came back and locked the door behind him . |
| 29 | After a few minutes he had spoken again . |
| 30 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |