Example sentences of "[prep] a few minute [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AFTER a few minutes in the company of Joe Boyd , I was wondering whether there was anybody in world music he had not heard of . |
| 2 | After a few minutes in the kitchen , the lady placed before me a plate of home-made scones , a dish of jam and a large pot of tea , all delicious . |
| 3 | However , there was a delay of a few minutes from the start of the experiment before the chicks ate their first camouflaged rice grains . |
| 4 | He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries . |
| 5 | I showered and then decided to lie in a hot bath for a few minutes with a cup of tea at my elbow and the latest Kingsley Amis in front of my face . |
| 6 | Add the rice and saffron and sauté for a few minutes with the onion until opaque . |
| 7 | Stop anywhere for a few minutes on a summer 's day and you are likely to end up as an unpaid extra in next year 's calendar or on a biscuit tin . |
| 8 | The 5 sins were such things as letting his Bible fall by accident , jumping about for a few minutes on the sabbath , forgetting that it was Sunday , and hesitating to lend his sister a book which she asked him for . ' |
| 9 | She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . |
| 10 | Ten a.m. , 24th July ; just finished breakfast with the mortar team and relaxing for a few minutes over a mug of hot tea discussing the number of casualties after the heavy shelling last night . |
| 11 | Early one pre-Sale morning a stranger silently passed two sorters working in the vestibule , went for a few minutes into the Church , which happened at eh time to be empty of all nut noods , and then said to them as he walked out ‘ You 've made that Church live . ’ |
| 12 | Georgina chatted for a few minutes about the qualities she considered desirable in a secretary ; she even asked Celia 's opinion . |
| 13 | If travelling in a car , you might stop for a few minutes as a penalty , refusing to speak to the child until he behaves . |
| 14 | Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a cup and leave to stand for a few minutes in a warm place before stirring to completely dissolve the yeast . |
| 15 | The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead . |
| 16 | Many of these organisations are within a few minutes of the King 's Buildings . |
| 17 | All savour the wonderful position and the advantage of living within a few minutes of the A55 Expressway , with fast journey times in both directions . |
| 18 | With our all-purpose Lloyds bankcard ( Visa/cashcard/ cheque guarantee card ) we were able to obtain up to our daily maximum limit on any one day , in US$ , within a few minutes at the bank . |
| 19 | This is because they can include additional short irradiations for elements with isotopes of very short half-lives , from a few minutes to a few hours , although this increases the analyst 's work . |
| 20 | I made him understand that he was to stay where he was and I would return in a few minutes with a tin of tobacco . |
| 21 | He returned in a few minutes with a very wet and chastened Liam and the cortege was complete . |
| 22 | We should have that in a few minutes on the , the quotes side , Mark 's gon na bring them in to me . |
| 23 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 24 | Shivering , she brushed a few drops of rain from her face , glad when Rune returned in a few minutes in the promised taxi . |
| 25 | It is exceptionally ironic still to find children in a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the modern world , condemned to drone away in their music lessons over nineteenth-century hymn tunes , with dancing relegated to a few minutes at the conclusion of the physical education lessons . |
| 26 | Among other things , it was found that index futures prices lead spot prices by a few minutes in the USA . |