Example sentences of "[art] few minutes [art] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 In a few minutes a boy appeared .
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 For a few minutes the prisoner enjoyed the game , but then she suddenly felt wet and sat up .
4 For a few minutes the sun glimmered through the mist to my right , a red ball just risen above the mountain .
5 After a few minutes the noise began to subside .
6 But just a few minutes the vicar arrived , and despite the Church 's apology insisted the crosses would have to go .
7 Every few minutes a man came in and called someone 's name .
8 Every few minutes a plate crashed to the floor .
9 Every few minutes a train rolled in , as if from some inexhaustible magazine of trains beyond the horizon , and , sucking into itself a multitude and departing again , left one platform for one moment emptying — and the next moment the platform was once more filled by the quenchless stream …
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