Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] minutes [conj] [pers pn] " 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 | Quite apart from the blunder there was one moment near the end of the game when he was walking around on the stage of Sadler 's Wells , unaware for a few minutes that it was his move . |
| 3 | Your presence may help to concentrate its mind , however , and you can establish a routine whereby it can run around and play for a few minutes after it has performed as desired . |
| 4 | For a few minutes after he came in , the rats were quiet . |
| 5 | She considered the question for a few minutes before she replied , ‘ Barbados takes a bit of getting used to , but its good points far outweigh the bad . |
| 6 | She had never mentioned that she possessed musical ability , so the crew listened spellbound for a few minutes as she played the carol ‘ Silent Night , Holy Night ’ , as though she had been rehearsing for a month . |
| 7 | She 'd called him Sage , and she only stayed at my house for a few minutes as she had to get right back to see her new baby — the owl , of course . |
| 8 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |
| 9 | It 's only for a few minutes till I buy these and then you can have a turn at walking . |
| 10 | Trestles make it all so much easier and safer , and it is worth while having a second one so that everyone can relax for a few minutes if it is proving difficult to align both wings to get the main pins in place . |
| 11 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
| 12 | Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in |
| 13 | When the smoke really thins out , thin blue smoke , rap on it , give the whole tin a shake and it 'll suddenly burst into thick smoke for a few minutes and it may do that again for a second time . |
| 14 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
| 15 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |
| 16 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 17 | Stay there for a few minutes and you will begin to experience one of several sensations : it may be a slight breeze , or perhaps a tingling sensation , heat ( especially in the palms ) , static or even a magnetic pull . |
| 18 | Just sit there quietly for a few minutes and I 'll see if the doctor is free . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ He did make things difficult for a few minutes and I did consider having him fired from the chamber . |
| 20 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
| 21 | I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’ |
| 22 | She 'll bring it to you in a few minutes and it 'll help you keep your strength . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 'd have half the police force here in a few minutes if we did , ’ she said . |
| 24 | 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 . |