Example sentences of "few minutes [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He could not explain why he ran or why he and David abandoned a car a few minutes later a mile from the town centre . |
2 | As I was struggling down the yard with the fully laden bucket a few minutes later a neighbour , Mrs Woods , saw me . |
3 | So I hung around and , sure enough , a few minutes later a squad car turned up all its lights flashing . |
4 | A few minutes later a car drew up , its brakes screeching in the best SS fashion . |
5 | But just a few minutes later a playgroup worker found the baby lying on the tiled floor next to the pushchair . |
6 | A few minutes later a youth with a shattered left knee-cap was wheeled on a low-slung ambulance trolley into the Cleansing Theatre . |
7 | A few minutes earlier a JetRanger helicopter had lifted-off from Blackpool bound for Ronaldsway . |