Example sentences of "[num] minutes later the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just 30 minutes later the westerly switched itself off — just like that , as the man said — and we had to motor sail for the rest of the voyage . |
| 2 | Forty minutes later the small plane , now over its weight limit , due to the extra passengers , clawed its way into the sky , its two , turbo-charged , 220 horsepower engines screaming at full power , and headed northwards at eleven thousand feet towards Canada and its overnight destination of Goose Bay , Labrador . |
| 3 | The Suffolk side had the perfect start , as the impressive Fry waltzed through the visitors ' defence to settle any early nerves and just six minutes later the title was effectively Tuddenham Road bound . |
| 4 | Corporal Tait busies around the pack checking for oil leaks and tightening the odd bolt ; ten minutes later the crew are smiling as they clear up , looking forward to a well-deserved shower . |
| 5 | Ten minutes later the escarpment was at my feet . |
| 6 | Ten minutes later the staff began to arrive and at nine o'clock Fred Workman walked in to introduce me to the staff and show me around the building . |
| 7 | Ten minutes later the attendant tried again : ‘ Are you in trouble , Number Nine ? ’ |
| 8 | Ten minutes later the nurse checked on her . |
| 9 | Nine minutes later the plane was airborne from the pitted runway . |
| 10 | Nine minutes later the score was 3–0 as John Brown broke into the penalty box and set up Ian Ferguson to fire home . |
| 11 | Five minutes later the Platoon Commander and the Weapons Artificer are studying the bits of broken and twisted metal . |
| 12 | Five minutes later the first team was back . |
| 13 | Five minutes later the door jangled and the man in the helmet and the leathers walked in . |
| 14 | And just five minutes later the Germans booked their third-round place with a strike by Michael Zorc . |
| 15 | Five minutes later the whaler was in the water and moving away from the side of the Ariadne . |
| 16 | Five minutes later the coffee arrived and so did a call from Brian Harley . |
| 17 | She lay down , and he drifted off , and five minutes later the central heating was hissing and clanging like a forge . |
| 18 | He left them in a panelled solar beyond the hall , and went to inform his master that he had unexpected guests ; and no more than five minutes later the door of the room opened upon the lord of half Leicestershire , a good slice of Warwickshire and Northampton , and a large honour in Normandy brought to him by his marriage with the heiress of Breteuil . |
| 19 | Only then did she fully realise that if she had been five minutes later the watchers keeping a lookout for a stray boy might , tomorrow , have been hauling ashore the sodden body of Gus Hambro . |
| 20 | Five minutes later the phone rang in the control room and producer Geoff Mullins 's eyes rounded beautifully . |
| 21 | Five minutes later the midfielder completed his hat-trick when he fired home from the spot after substitute Eamon McLaughlin had been fouled . |
| 22 | Five minutes later the Larne keeper again did well to block a Ferguson shot on the line after the home defence had failed to clear a Williamson corner . |
| 23 | Five minutes later the midget ex-chauvinist was on his way . |
| 24 | We got rid of all the rubbish , put it in and started packing and erm about five minutes later the man from next door came out . |
| 25 | He dispatched a police patrol car , but when it arrived 16 minutes later the telephone was swinging on the end of its cord . |
| 26 | Fifteen minutes later the daredevil said a jaunty ‘ Cheerio . ’ |
| 27 | Fifteen minutes later the attendant returned with two bowls of soggy rice and boiled chicken . |
| 28 | Fifteen minutes later the locomotive will pull out of the station hauling an express for London . |
| 29 | Twenty minutes later the Sergeant was showing me my accommodation for the night : a bare cell except for a wooden bunk in one corner and two blankets . |
| 30 | Twenty minutes later the guest speaker , Alex Campbell ( Newcastle upon Tyne ) arrived ( his train had been delayed by over two hours ) and the audience was entertained with a lecture/demonstration on Instant fire . |