Example sentences of "it was several minutes " in BNC.
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1 | It was several minutes before he had found the courage to ask her how she had got to the beach . |
2 | The house seemed to be an absolute maze of rooms , though , and it was several minutes before she finally opened a door that led into a surprisingly well-equipped kitchen . |
3 | And it was several minutes before her quick ears picked up , from somewhere well ahead of her , the snap of a broken branch under a trampling foot . |
4 | It was several minutes into the meal before Rune broke the silence between them . |
5 | Her lifeless fingers refused to obey the simplest of commands , and it was several minutes before she felt the spray , as hot as she could bear , pounding her stiffened body back into life , tingling the nerve-ends until she felt almost human again . |
6 | It was several minutes before she decided that he really was n't there . |
7 | It was several minutes before Harris reappeared . |
8 | And when at last he got a ringing tone , it was several minutes before it was answered . |
9 | It was several minutes before Tommy , wearing the dead German 's pickelhaube , appeared at the top of the stone steps . |