Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few minutes [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.

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1 For the few minutes he was trapped there he could feel the pull of the ocean on his legs .
2 After a few minutes we were shaking hands .
3 After a few minutes they were half opened and a middle-aged woman came and sat on the chair by his bed .
4 After a few minutes it was the same inside .
5 Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’
6 She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories .
7 She lay back with a little thud and for a few minutes they were both silent .
8 For a few minutes I was free of this terrible worry about who I am , about my family .
9 For a few minutes I was at peace with myself . ’
10 ‘ You managed to organize all this in the few minutes I was out there ?
11 Samuel had already arrived and within a few minutes they were joined by Neville Chamberlain , MacDonald told them of the situation in the Cabinet , and of his advice to the King .
12 I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line .
13 Within a few minutes it was adopted unanimously .
14 Then in a few minutes they were gone and quiet descended on our yard — but not for long .
15 In a few minutes they were on a smaller road , with the lough in view .
16 In a few minutes she was calmer .
17 In a few minutes he was ready .
18 In a few minutes it was all over .
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