Example sentences of "a few minutes [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Endill was thrown to the ground and it took him a few minutes to realise what had happened . |
| 2 | It took her a few minutes to realise what it was . |
| 3 | I think we 'll look at the news in a few minutes to see what the weather 's going to be and then , do you want any ice cream or anything ? |
| 4 | Sir Paul would be grateful if Commander Dalgliesh could spare a few minutes to see him . |
| 5 | I 'd like to spend erm a few minutes , hopefully not too long because I 'm er known for talking for hours and hours when it comes to our company and our product , but hopefully just a few minutes telling you about our approach to developing an open accounting system . |
| 6 | ‘ If you 've got a few minutes to spare I would like to see these fields that have caused so much bother . ’ |
| 7 | If we were sitting in a room and someone came in talking or making a noise , Dawn would panic and it would take me a few minutes to calm her down . |
| 8 | You see towards the bottom er we pose a few questions there , I 'm going to ask you in a few minutes to introduce yourselves and to say what what sort of presentations you make at the moment . |
| 9 | I think it should only take a few minutes to have you begging me to make love to you … ’ |
| 10 | So erm right now I think we might as well erm allow things to draw naturally to a close there so um let's see erm this gives you a few minutes to catch your breath in time for video , for those of you who 're erm intending to watch it . |
| 11 | It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , you 'll have to give me a few minutes to get myself ready . |