Example sentences of "[prep] a few minutes she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little . |
| 2 | After a few minutes she noticed a certain cunning softness replacing the apprehension of his expression , and her heart began to beat a little faster . |
| 3 | After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’ |
| 4 | Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again . |
| 5 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |
| 6 | After a few minutes she returned . |
| 7 | After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper . |
| 8 | After a few minutes she stopped watching them . |
| 9 | After a few minutes she decided to take another two tables and then continued taking two at a time until she had swallowed about 30 . |
| 10 | She made it back to her office and sank into her chair ; but after a few minutes she sat up , combed her hair and decided to go home . |
| 11 | After a few minutes she padded back into the bedroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel . |
| 12 | After a few minutes she opened them again . |
| 13 | After a few minutes she bent her head and dropped a kiss lightly on his ankle , and then her hand slid up under the leg of the leathers and sensuously kneaded the firm muscle at the back of his calf . |
| 14 | For a few minutes she indulged in a fantasy where she was one of the young mothers and the child by her side was Roman 's . |
| 15 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 16 | Her earlier fears about what terrors lay in store returned , all the more powerful because for a few minutes she had forgotten them . |
| 17 | For a few minutes she explained the system on which the cards were arranged , then let him try to select some for a bibliography she was compiling on nutrition in underdeveloped countries . |
| 18 | For a few minutes she stood in shocked silence ; she had been so sure that the rider from the woods had been herself … but now , realizing that the lover she had seen had been Morthen , she felt angry and upset . |
| 19 | For a few minutes she knelt by the grave , and was presently joined by Maria . |
| 20 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 21 | If she was nervous it remained hidden and in a few minutes she had put each of the sisters completely at ease , their shame and apprehension gone . |