Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few minutes [pers pn] be " 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 | If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ . |
5 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
6 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | She lay back with a little thud and for a few minutes they were both silent . |
9 | For a few minutes I was free of this terrible worry about who I am , about my family . |
10 | ‘ For a few minutes I was at peace with myself . ’ |
11 | The bathroom 's a bit chilly but once you 've put that heater on and shut the door for a few minutes it 's |
12 | ‘ You managed to organize all this in the few minutes I was out there ? |
13 | Unable to stop paddling for fear of capsizing , Tony and I can not put on our anoraks and within a few minutes we are soaked by the freezing combination of sea and rain . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line . |
16 | Within a few minutes it was adopted unanimously . |
17 | Then in a few minutes they were gone and quiet descended on our yard — but not for long . |
18 | In a few minutes they were on a smaller road , with the lough in view . |
19 | In a few minutes she was calmer . |
20 | In a few minutes he was ready . |
21 | In a few minutes it was all over . |