Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dog should return within a few minutes , but if not , search in the direction where you last saw your pet . |
| 2 | If travelling in a car , you might stop for a few minutes as a penalty , refusing to speak to the child until he behaves . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll leave in a few minutes and be with you in about half an hour . |
| 4 | This part of the conversation has been wiped off , it 'll continue in a few minutes . |
| 5 | For example , a reaction to a particular food may occur within a few minutes of eating a food , or after a day or two . |
| 6 | She would drown within a few minutes . |
| 7 | I made him understand that he was to stay where he was and I would return in a few minutes with a tin of tobacco . |
| 8 | The computer had located the catalogue , and it would arrive in a few minutes . |
| 9 | A sudden sickness and fatigue swamped her , and she felt incapable of facing the long , painful inquest that would start in a few minutes — incapable of sustaining any longer the intolerable labour of love . |
| 10 | It 's probably best not to feed your fish for the first day or so as they settle in ( though some fish will feed within a few minutes of being stocked ) . |
| 11 | Trestles make it all so much easier and safer , and it is worth while having a second one so that everyone can relax for a few minutes if it is proving difficult to align both wings to get the main pins in place . |
| 12 | A customer walking into a Barclays branch can leave within a few minutes having bought or sold such shares as he wants . |