Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few minutes [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes of practise , subjects adapt and are able to compensate for this distortion . |
| 2 | After a few minutes with Mr Malik , Robert himself quite often felt like making the frighteningly short journey from doubt to belief . |
| 3 | The results suggested that the half-life of these complexes was short , in the range of a few minutes for P A2b and of 10–20 seconds for P A3 , since the DNA-strand opening was undetectable at both promoters after a 10 minutes challenge and , in the case of P A3 , considerably reduced after a 15 seconds challenge ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 4 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |
| 5 | It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister . |
| 6 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 7 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 8 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 9 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 10 | Within a few minutes of galactosides being added to the medium , the genes are switched on , and enzymes appear . |
| 11 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 12 | With full-back Ian Hunter not appearing Cumbria were in doubt about their line-up until a few minutes before kick-off , but showed no signs of uncertainty when the action began , winning a penalty from their first attack . |
| 13 | This striking result led to further investigations , and it was noticed that one drop of the diluted nasal mucus added to 1 c.c. of a thick suspension of the cocci caused their complete disappearance in a few minutes at 37°C . |
| 14 | Similarly , the clock on the front of the American Bulletin of Atomic Scientists stood at a few minutes to midnight , but the American government did not heed it . |
| 15 | This was followed by a few minutes of silence . |