Example sentences of "in a [adj] minutes [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a few minutes we would be ready for Firstlight , and then we 'd we clear . |
| 2 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be visiting the Victorian mansion that is n't finished yet , and has just been given a grant to ensure that it never will be . |
| 3 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be meeting the teenager who 's joined the elite in the world of magic . |
| 4 | Welcome back … in a few minutes we 'll be catching up with one of the fastest men on water … |
| 5 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be turning back the clock with the men who kept Britain 's coalmines working during the Second World War . |
| 6 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we take the wraps off one the great secrets in the world of wildlife . |
| 7 | The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung . |
| 8 | Then in a few minutes they were gone and quiet descended on our yard — but not for long . |
| 9 | In a few minutes they were on a smaller road , with the lough in view . |
| 10 | In a few minutes they 'd left behind the head office of Chester Fabrics , driven past the fire-blackened fabric printing plant and escaped into the lush green countryside on the way back to Armscott Manor , the rambling Cotswold home of the Chesters for three generations . |
| 11 | In a few minutes they 'll have a car rush , as 90 cars race through the streets . |
| 12 | He led me to his house and in a few minutes I had diagnosed the trouble — a flat battery . |
| 13 | If she was nervous it remained hidden and in a few minutes she had put each of the sisters completely at ease , their shame and apprehension gone . |
| 14 | But it was no use imagining ; in a few minutes she would know everything . |
| 15 | In a few minutes she would go down . |
| 16 | In a few minutes she was calmer . |
| 17 | ’ In a few minutes you start adjusting . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If someone does n't help you in a few minutes you will die . ’ |
| 19 | In a few minutes he was ready . |
| 20 | In a few minutes it was all over . |