Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few minutes [pers pn] [vb past] " 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 she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’ |
| 7 | Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again . |
| 8 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |
| 9 | After a few minutes she returned . |
| 10 | After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper . |
| 11 | After a few minutes she stopped watching them . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | After a few minutes she padded back into the bedroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel . |
| 15 | After a few minutes she opened them again . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Nothing happened , except that after a few minutes I checked that no one had come into the room to observe such antics ! |
| 18 | After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief . |
| 19 | But after a few minutes I saw the creature 's body begin to move . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I was glad to stay and rest at first , but after a few minutes I became unbearably nervous . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | After a few minutes he burst into our room with a shocked look on his face . |
| 25 | After a few minutes he came back and locked the door behind him . |
| 26 | After a few minutes he had spoken again . |
| 27 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 28 | It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way . |
| 29 | After a few minutes he heaved himself out of bed , but his leg let him down and he fell backwards . |
| 30 | For a few minutes they contemplated the grazing animals in silence . |