Example sentences of "few minutes the [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess .
2 And after just a few minutes the cold was starting to get through .
3 After the first few minutes the child is not going to learn any more from the experience and will either fall asleep , start to play , or get up to mischief in the room .
4 Within a few minutes the basket was more than half full of food , and Mary was pouring the soup into the thermos .
5 Within a few minutes the picture was effervescing as part of it had been painted on gesso .
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