Example sentences of "a few minutes [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Additionally , in this particular case there is another problem — since the shot is being taken a few minutes before sunset , the light is weak , and demands a long exposure . |
| 32 | Additionally , in this particular case there is another problem — since the shot is being taken a few minutes before sunset , the light is weak , and demands a long exposure . |
| 33 | I could train birds on the bitter bead , shock them , either immediately or a few minutes after training , and compare the biochemistry in the birds which had tasted the bead but forgotten the association with that in the birds which had tasted and remembered the bead . |
| 34 | ‘ He was kind enough to give me a few minutes after Evensong yesterday . ’ |
| 35 | felt too tired to drive me on to ESF 's house , so I got there by bus , or rather by two buses ( an easy change ) , the first starting from about a hundred yards from and the other stopping just behind the Zoo by Primrose Hill and only a few minutes from Eduardo . |
| 36 | Family run hotel , located a few minutes from seafront , close to all amenities . |
| 37 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 38 | ‘ I was thinking of a smoke myself , ’ he said , his eyes fixed on the pouch , as if staring it down , ‘ if I had a few minutes in hand . ’ |
| 39 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 40 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 41 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 42 | It 's only a few minutes by air , ’ he explained when she looked astonished . |