Example sentences of "[prep] a few minutes he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes he raised his head and was now sitting motionless , pale and haggard but controlled , while Iris , her eyes moist with sympathetic tears , stood silently and helplessly by . |
| 2 | After a few minutes he burst into our room with a shocked look on his face . |
| 3 | After a few minutes he came back and locked the door behind him . |
| 4 | After a few minutes he had spoken again . |
| 5 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 6 | It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way . |
| 7 | After a few minutes he heaved himself out of bed , but his leg let him down and he fell backwards . |
| 8 | Well , I was there , behind the bar , standing in for Marcus , for a few minutes he said , more like two hours , so I saw it all develop . |
| 9 | George drove , not going anywhere , and for a few minutes he said nothing , then : ‘ Ecology . |
| 10 | My Donald had terrible injuries , yet for a few minutes he lived . |
| 11 | Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression . |
| 12 | For a few minutes he remained silent and she wondered where the bright start to the day had gone . |
| 13 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 14 | Within a few minutes he had noticed a scruffy individual walk into the Oak public house , Stoke Row . |