Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [adj] minutes [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 2 | The video shop did n't open up until a few minutes after ten . |
| 3 | I 'll be back in a few minutes for our little talk . ’ |
| 4 | The 5 sins were such things as letting his Bible fall by accident , jumping about for a few minutes on the sabbath , forgetting that it was Sunday , and hesitating to lend his sister a book which she asked him for . ' |
| 5 | They scream in horrifying agony , and thick gouts of blood spray over anyone in the area as the meats fly with a squelch into roasting-trays on the tables , where they flop about for a few minutes like dying animals . |