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

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1 After a few minutes it will slowly and cautiously uncurl itself again .
2 For a few minutes they would wander along the rails and then , suddenly , as though seized with panic , they would hasten back to the safety of the group they had left .
3 If we could talk to you inside for a few minutes you wo n't regret it . ’
4 But if you leave a child for a few minutes he may find the pills you keep in the bedside drawer and poison himself .
5 He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity .
6 Whatever mood you are in when you arrive at HCI 's Club Romantica … you can be sure that within a few minutes you 'll feel at home in this pretty village of chalet bungalows surrounded by trees and flowers .
7 ‘ Frankie would buy a wonderful new suit and within a few minutes he 'd look as though he 'd slept in it .
8 Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be visiting the Victorian mansion that is n't finished yet , and has just been given a grant to ensure that it never will be .
9 Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be meeting the teenager who 's joined the elite in the world of magic .
10 Welcome back … in a few minutes we 'll be catching up with one of the fastest men on water …
11 Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be turning back the clock with the men who kept Britain 's coalmines working during the Second World War .
12 In a few minutes we would be ready for Firstlight , and then we 'd we clear .
13 In a few minutes they 'll have a car rush , as 90 cars race through the streets .
14 The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung .
15 But it was no use imagining ; in a few minutes she would know everything .
16 In a few minutes she would go down .
17 ‘ If someone does n't help you in a few minutes you will die . ’
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