Example sentences of "[adv] a few minutes [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quick action is vital , since anyone who stops breathing can usually live for only a few minutes without help . |
| 2 | I 've nothing against these two teams , but to be deprived of the euphoric English faces after only a few minutes of joy and achievement was an insult . |
| 3 | It 's only a few minutes by air , ’ he explained when she looked astonished . |
| 4 | I shall deal mainly with the latter subject , but I intend to spend just a few minutes on education . |
| 5 | Shiona 's plane touched down at Glasgow airport just a few minutes before midday the following day . |
| 6 | Sandison could not be sure how much Maidstone had had to drink that day — it was still a few minutes before noon — but he knew that he was sober enough to understand fully what was going on . |