Example sentences of "a few minutes [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My reason is that George spent a few minutes with Lennie , comforting and making him a happy man by reminding him of his dreams , before sending him off to find his final dream in heaven . |
| 2 | After a few minutes with Mr Malik , Robert himself quite often felt like making the frighteningly short journey from doubt to belief . |
| 3 | It took a few minutes for Curtis and Adrian to realise their baby had disappeared . |
| 4 | ‘ He was kind enough to give me a few minutes after Evensong yesterday . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |