Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few minutes [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 During the few minutes they chatted , apart from mentioning he was divorced , he did not bring up Liza 's name .
2 After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow .
3 After a few minutes they passed the first of the estate workers ' cottages , two storey , stone-built , and around three hundred years old .
4 At first chicks peck at both food and pebbles about equally , but after a few minutes they learn the difference and thereafter pick up the food and avoid the pebbles ( especially if the latter are glued to the floor ! ) .
5 At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little .
6 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 .
7 After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’
8 Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again .
9 They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive .
10 After a few minutes she returned .
11 After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper .
12 After a few minutes she stopped watching them .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 After a few minutes she padded back into the bedroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel .
16 After a few minutes she opened them again .
17 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 .
18 Nothing happened , except that after a few minutes I checked that no one had come into the room to observe such antics !
19 After a few minutes I take a look round the place , stepping under Moorish archways and over low white walls , past an astroturf tennis court and a swimming pool about the same size , uncovered and still .
20 After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief .
21 But after a few minutes I saw the creature 's body begin to move .
22 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 .
23 I was glad to stay and rest at first , but after a few minutes I became unbearably nervous .
24 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 .
25 After a few minutes I realize this letter can not be written truthfully .
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 replaces it with something more conducive to conversation , the Neville Brothers ' ‘ Yellow Moon ’ .
30 After a few minutes he had spoken again .
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