Example sentences of "[prep] a few minutes [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 2 | It 's only for a few minutes till I buy these and then you can have a turn at walking . |
| 3 | Just sit there quietly for a few minutes and I 'll see if the doctor is free . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He did make things difficult for a few minutes and I did consider having him fired from the chamber . |
| 5 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
| 6 | I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’ |
| 7 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |