Example sentences of "[prep] twenty [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After twenty minutes , they heard Gina come in noisily , scraping her bike against the paintwork in the hall . |
| 2 | After twenty minutes , I glimpsed her figure , red hat and green coat , shoulders bent , struggling back , snowwoman-like — with a superb trout weighing 2lb . |
| 3 | After twenty minutes , almost a mile away , the fine details had disappeared . |
| 4 | After twenty minutes the groups would be asked to formulate a question to put to the panel . |
| 5 | Do not wipe off any excess until after twenty minutes — it can take this long for the oils to be absorbed . |
| 6 | After take-off , we climbed for altitude , but after twenty minutes , the engine heated up and started to shake . |
| 7 | After twenty minutes we returned to the ship , tired but amazed by our experience and looking forward to hoisting up anchor and heading for our next stop , St. Lucia . |
| 8 | After twenty minutes Luke felt his Titanic strength was supporting both Maldita and a buckling Perdita , and ordered the latter to bed . |
| 9 | A third signal to terminate the round is given after twenty minutes have elapsed since the second signal . |
| 10 | After twenty minutes Christine Jackson passed a tart note to Horsley , who looked up sharply and abruptly concluded the interview . |
| 11 | On trying to contact Mr by phone I have on many occasions I was put off to say he was n't available I have also come to the foyer at the bottom asked to see Mr after twenty minutes wait and nobody turned up I decided to retire . |
| 12 | After twenty minutes or so , turn the oven down to gas mark 4 , 180°C/325°F and roast for a further twenty minutes per pound . |
| 13 | Once home , float their bag(s) in the tank , and after twenty minutes or so add a little tank water , repeating the process over the next hour or so until the fish have adjusted ( if necessary ) to your tank water . |
| 14 | After twenty minutes , her breakfast tray arrived ; upon it was boiling red soup , chocolate ice cream , and a fizzy orange drink . |
| 15 | After twenty minutes or so with the list broker you start to see the world as he does . |
| 16 | After twenty minutes the squad leader turned and came across to Tolonen . |
| 17 | After twenty minutes my father was very angry . |
| 18 | After twenty minutes , the door opened . |
| 19 | After twenty minutes , three trains arrived at the same time . |
| 20 | He leaned chummily on the bit so that after twenty minutes Theodora 's arms ached with the weight . |
| 21 | After twenty minutes he was quite awake , and he suddenly noticed Mary 's face . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's about all I can do here , ’ he grumbled , after twenty minutes ' work . |
| 23 | And if you 're still going after twenty minutes or so , we 'll stop you . |
| 24 | Danny Quinn was substituted against Dublin after twenty minutes and there must be a question mark over his participation in the final with Fergal McCusker and Karl Diamond both pressing for places . |
| 25 | Evening services to the Springbank Estate in Cheltenham stopped last week , after twenty buses were damaged and drivers attacked and robbed . |
| 26 | All I ask , after twenty days , is just one more … |
| 27 | Government inspectors are to investigate Rochdale Social Services after twenty children were taken into care following allegations of ritualistic abuse . |
| 28 | After twenty years of trading in the volost' and in Kursk town he came to own by 1914 eight houses ( four of them in Kursk ) and had a turnover of a million roubles . |
| 29 | Is then an MP , who must keep the hours of a street-walker ; who is understood to be — if the public is to be believed — either impotent or corrupt ; who spends the best years of his life listening to Ministers , speeches , and to the complaints of his constituents ; is he to receive as his only reward after twenty years of service a signed photograph of Jim Prior ? |
| 30 | I do n't simply love you , I 'm still in love with you , after twenty years . |