Example sentences of "[art] few minutes [art] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 After a few minutes the water will change colour .
3 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 .
4 My Lords in a few minutes the House will have to vote on this issue .
5 Every few minutes a shell would swish over the rooftops to explode with a roar in the docks ; and more Syrian troops — nearer to the explosions and silhouetted against the sea — could be seen running beside the harbour wall .
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