Example sentences of "few minutes a [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 … |