Example sentences of "few minutes [art] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every few minutes a man came in and called someone 's name . |
| 2 | In a few minutes a boy appeared . |
| 3 | After a few minutes a barman came in and asked everyone to move outside with the other hotel guests who had been evacuated from the building . |
| 4 | Every few minutes a plate crashed to the floor . |
| 5 | Every few minutes a train rolled in , as if from some inexhaustible magazine of trains beyond the horizon , and , sucking into itself a multitude and departing again , left one platform for one moment emptying — and the next moment the platform was once more filled by the quenchless stream … |
| 6 | In those few minutes the colour had drained out of them and they had wilted in the glass like faded tissue paper . |
| 7 | But just a few minutes the vicar arrived , and despite the Church 's apology insisted the crosses would have to go . |
| 8 | For a few minutes the prisoner enjoyed the game , but then she suddenly felt wet and sat up . |
| 9 | After a few minutes the noise began to subside . |
| 10 | For a few minutes the sun glimmered through the mist to my right , a red ball just risen above the mountain . |