Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 2 | The hunt itself moved on after a few minutes , leaving the terrier man to flush out the fox . |
| 3 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 4 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 5 | He drove on for a few minutes , the headlights cleaving a way through the darkness . |
| 6 | If anyone have seen pictures from our game against Poland he came on as a substitute for Fjortoft as lone attacker — and he played brilliantly for the 20 minutes he was on . |
| 7 | She came back in a few minutes , looking very serious . |
| 8 | The attendant came back after a few minutes , its little red boots ruffling the hem of its robe . |
| 9 | Rose drove silently for a few minutes . |
| 10 | Gannets and fulmars appeared out of the mist , flew alongside for a few minutes and disappeared again . |
| 11 | I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave . |
| 12 | I struggled manfully for a few minutes , neatly nicking Ann 's fishing hat off , which we had to row after to recover ; catching Alan 's flies , on a back cast , and finally managing to get floss and line mixed up in an unbelievably intricate tangle . |
| 13 | Rose begged him to think of a plan , and the doctor thought hard for a few minutes , frowning fiercely . |
| 14 | Cream conditioners are massaged onto hair , left on for a few minutes , then rinsed off . |
| 15 | ‘ At one stage we thought Freddie was going to get John thrown out but they both calmed down after a few minutes , ’ added the source . |
| 16 | John Hendrie burst through in the closing minutes , but his strong shot was pushed away for a corner by Bob Bolder . |
| 17 | He sat there for a few minutes . |
| 18 | The sudden change of colour on the wall had upset its sense of direction and it buzzed about angrily and eventually it came into the porch where I was sitting and it stayed there for a few minutes and then went outside searching the wall again for the entrance . |