Example sentences of "after a few minutes of " in BNC.

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1 She had heard dark mutterings about him but after a few minutes of talking with him she was ready to put it down to common envy .
2 Ice fishing , I find , is as cold as anything I have ever tried in the Arctic , and after a few minutes of unproductive ass-freezing I pack it in .
3 After a few minutes of stilted , low-voiced conversation , Gladys retreated to her room , and Meryl thankfully resumed her seat in the window .
4 After a few minutes of this he grew breathless with anger and rage and flurried his wings so much that he was hardly able to lift them any more he was so tired .
5 After a few minutes of practise , subjects adapt and are able to compensate for this distortion .
6 After a few minutes of this silent contemplation the rider raised a curved horn to his lips and blew it three times .
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