Example sentences of "[prep] a few minutes [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes we were shaking hands . |
| 2 | After a few minutes they were half opened and a middle-aged woman came and sat on the chair by his bed . |
| 3 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
| 4 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She lay back with a little thud and for a few minutes they were both silent . |
| 7 | For a few minutes I was free of this terrible worry about who I am , about my family . |
| 8 | ‘ For a few minutes I was at peace with myself . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line . |
| 11 | Within a few minutes it was adopted unanimously . |
| 12 | Then in a few minutes they were gone and quiet descended on our yard — but not for long . |
| 13 | In a few minutes they were on a smaller road , with the lough in view . |
| 14 | In a few minutes she was calmer . |
| 15 | In a few minutes he was ready . |
| 16 | In a few minutes it was all over . |