Example sentences of "[prep] a few minute [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After a few minutes work on both reins Skipper was going forward , with his brain between his ears .
2 After a few minutes Woodruffe said : ‘ You 've got your foot on the brake , Dudley . ’
3 After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser .
4 After a few minutes Rose handed the paper back to him .
5 After a few minutes Jack groped for the bedside table .
6 The resultant online , interactive database is designed to be so easy to use that after a few minutes practice even novices can make very sophisticated searches and will have nearly instantaneous access to a vast storehouse of information hitherto accessible only after tedious , time-consuming and costly searches through individual issues .
7 After a few minutes Dieter 's car overtook them ; when they arrived at the auberge , it was parked in the shadows a short distance away with two dim shapes close together in the front seats .
8 After a few minutes Wednesday arrived with about ten boys , Mr Morraine and Matron .
9 For a few minutes Merrill heard the murmur of their voices , followed by the sound of Luke 's outer door closing .
10 It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside .
11 The Thermai is only 80 metres from the centre of town and both Old Rhodes Town and the nightlife are within a few minutes walk .
12 There is no evening meal , but there are restaurants and pubs within a few minutes walk including the Royal Hotel , an old coaching house , with an elegant dining room equipped with pianist , and also the Snooty Fox , a charming pub with attractive beamed ceilings .
13 There 's a cosy hotel bar and although there 's no restaurant in the hotel , there are many good establishments within a few minutes walk .
14 Although there 's no restaurant in the hotel , there are plenty of good establishments within a few minutes walk .
15 As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’
16 Within a few minutes Elisa was on the settee in the sitting room where , at last , she regained consciousness .
17 In a few minutes Parry returned with an old newspaper .
18 In a few minutes Tim we 're going to walk to the post office .
19 And then in a few minutes Dennis is going to join with me in explaining to you how we are going to make the quality planning procedure work for you .
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