Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’ |
| 2 | He also told them that a thin palladium wire , only ¼ inch in diameter and an inch long , had reached the boiling point of water within a few minutes , that the wire produced about 26 watts of energy per cm 3 , ‘ about four and a half times what we put into it ’ and that in an early stage of the experiments the apparatus suddenly heated up to an estimated 5000 degrees , vaporising a block of palladium , destroying a fume cupboard and damaging the concrete floor . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll never find her , ’ he told the girl , Anne , ‘ let's just hang about out of earshot for a few minutes and go back . ’ |
| 4 | This is merely likely to reinforce this response to travelling Instead , stop the car at a suitable spot and walk away out of sight for a few minutes . |
| 5 | The ready availability of a screening questionnaire that mothers at risk can complete under supervision in a few minutes is potentially useful , but only if health workers and others can rise to the needs of depressed mothers . |
| 6 | The incident was under control within a few minutes and no-one was injured . |
| 7 | Inside her room , Mildred decided to get into bed for a few minutes to warm up . |
| 8 | She subsided into silence for a few minutes , her glance going around the room , her fingers twining restlessly in her lap until his hand reached out and covered hers . |
| 9 | It was always disappointing to sight the Land Rover and anticipate being in camp in a few minutes and then have an hour to walk . |
| 10 | Sarella lay fuming in bed for a few minutes before flinging back the duvet and running to the window . |
| 11 | ) She sits in silence for a few minutes , simply to breathe in the company of others , then goes and brings me my soup , followed by potatoes , onion and a fried egg . |
| 12 | Pat sat smoking in silence for a few minutes and no one else spoke but suddenly he said , ‘ How much of it was real , Julia , when you come to think of it , and how much for fear of what people would say ? |
| 13 | ‘ What will you have ? ’ he asked , after they had each studied the menu in silence for a few minutes . |
| 14 | They walked in silence for a few minutes . |
| 15 | Sophie began , and when she had finished Helen sat in silence for a few minutes . |
| 16 | Well let mummy fasten your shoes first and Grant 'll be in from school in a few minutes . |
| 17 | Grant 'll be in from school in a few minutes . |
| 18 | Alum Pot is straight ahead in a plantation of trees and is reached on foot in a few minutes , arriving there simultaneously with Alum Pot Beck which enters the plantation and disappears into the depths . |
| 19 | Sir Geoffrey rang through to his secretary to ask her to bring in tea , and we chatted over tea for a few minutes . |
| 20 | WATCH receptionist/telephonist Ann Sheppard at work for a few minutes and productivity levels take on a whole new dimension . |
| 21 | Working people and shoppers here have as much right to sit in the sunshine at lunchtime for a few minutes as their counterparts elsewhere in the country . |