Example sentences of "[prep] a few minute [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes of practise , subjects adapt and are able to compensate for this distortion . |
| 2 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 6 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 7 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 8 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This was followed by a few minutes of silence . |