Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] minute [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | After a few minutes a woman in a grey fur coat began to cross the street from my building . |
2 | After a few minutes a barman came in and asked everyone to move outside with the other hotel guests who had been evacuated from the building . |
3 | After a few minutes the water will change colour . |
4 | After a few minutes the noise began to subside . |
5 | They rang and waited , and after a full minute the door was opened by a man in his thirties , fair , clean shaven , medium height , and slim . |
6 | If I feel that a particular patient is suffering from extreme tension and finds it difficult to relax , then I may suggest that , during the two weeks following the regression session , he simply practises a basic relaxation exercise for a few minutes a day . |
7 | It 's a good idea to run your central heating pump for a few minutes a week in summer to prevent it from seizing up when the system is not in use . |
8 | For a few minutes the prisoner enjoyed the game , but then she suddenly felt wet and sat up . |
9 | For a few minutes the sun glimmered through the mist to my right , a red ball just risen above the mountain . |
10 | Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess . |
11 | Within a few minutes the basket was more than half full of food , and Mary was pouring the soup into the thermos . |
12 | Unless the heart starts beating again within a few minutes the person will die , and in fifty per cent of all fatal heart attacks the victim dies within thirty minutes . |
13 | Within a few minutes the picture was effervescing as part of it had been painted on gesso . |
14 | Within a few minutes the atmosphere in the bay was normal , and Ace was jetting towards the shuttle 's cabin door . |
15 | In a few minutes a boy appeared . |
16 | My Lords in a few minutes the House will have to vote on this issue . |
17 | Once again Campana saw the Germans line up ; ‘ In a few minutes the slopes of Hill 265 were covered with enemy advancing on us . |
18 | It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working . |