Example sentences of "[vb past] only a few minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scratches made only a few minutes before . |
| 2 | In total , Pippin and PJ spent only a few minutes under the lights and had a lots of praise and Bonios afterwards . |
| 3 | The descent took only a few minutes , but then the man had to make a laborious return journey with the empty sledge , which might take half an hour . |
| 4 | It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings . |
| 5 | It took only a few minutes for the Doctor to break down and analyse the strangely oily powder , using the lateral molecular rectifier to be absolutely certain . |
| 6 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 7 | The map shown in Figure 4.1 took only a few minutes to produce , and is easily amended and redrawn . |
| 8 | Coventry is the home of several major attractions including the world famous Museum of British Road Transport located only a few minutes drive away near the city centre . |
| 9 | One point to remember , incidentally , is that in those days all recordings were played at 78 rpm , so each side ran only a few minutes . |
| 10 | A warning was given but residents had only a few minutes to get out before the blast rocked their houses . |
| 11 | Each individual hearing lasted only a few minutes and none of the accused was allowed legal representation . |
| 12 | He was not allowed legal representation and the proceedings , held in camera , reportedly lasted only a few minutes . |
| 13 | A short downpour drenched us , but it lasted only a few minutes . |
| 14 | The drive lasted only a few minutes . |
| 15 | Whilst the earliest phase lasted only a few minutes after the training trial , and the intermediate ones declined within the hour , long-term memory seemed to build up slowly over the first hour after training , and protein synthesis inhibitors would no longer disrupt it if they were administered more than an hour after the training ( Figure 10.1 ) |
| 16 | The concluding rounds of the peace negotiations , which had been held sporadically over the past 20 months , began under UN auspices in Mexico on Nov. 25 following the declaration of a unilateral FMLN ceasefire on Nov. 16 and recommenced in New York on Dec. 16 ; Pérez de Cuéllar , whose term of office expired only a few minutes after the signature of the agreement , had made the issue of peace in El Salvador a personal crusade . |
| 17 | Showing no emotion , he remained only a few minutes before turning away . |