Taking my cue from my friend, I allowed my head gradually to sink lower and lower, until, within a few minutes, I sprawled sideways on the floor, Smith lying close beside me.
Having done this for a few minutes, he began to speak in his dramatic and hollow Secret Party whisper.
I can stand a little now," she said, "but I might not be able to stand in a few minutes.
Sometimes his face grew white and worn and he breathed hard, but he never rested more than a few minutes, and never turned back or shortened a walk they had planned.
He heard his approaching footsteps in a few minutes, and was safely in the shadows before he could be seen.
Within a few minutes, Miss Pross stood whispering at his side.
They left her at the corner of the street, and Carton led the way to Mr. Lorry's, which was within a few minutes' walk.
He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table, and a long winding-sheet in the candle dripping down upon him.
Of late, the neglected bed in the Temple Court had known him more scantily than ever; and often when he had thrown himself upon it no longer than a few minutes, he had got up again, and haunted that neighbourhood.
In a few minutes, the chipmunk-caller was besieged with them.
My chaperon, Makatopawee, knows that I was gone but a few minutes.
This request Uncheedah could not refuse and she left the pair alone for a few minutes, while she went to ask Wacoota to execute Ohitika.
Ella haunted a certain shop where fancy articles were sold, and Ida always brought plain sewing to the club.
I have their letters now, and very fine ones they are, though they would seem old-fashioned to you young things.
After a few minutes only, the occupation became irksome to her once more.
Let me walk with you for a few minutes,' she quietly replied.
Agnes folded up the letter; and, feeling the need of composing herself, took refuge for a few minutes in her own room.
After a few minutes only of this occupation, she grew weary of it, and decided on leaving the trunks as they were, until the next morning.
I wish to Heaven he had come a few minutes sooner!
After a few minutes of entire silence between them, John Knightley began with-- "I never in my life saw a man more intent on being agreeable than Mr. Elton.
They remained but a few minutes together, as Miss Woodhouse must not be kept waiting; and Harriet then came running to her with a smiling face, and in a flutter of spirits, which Miss Woodhouse hoped very soon to compose.
A few minutes more, and Emma hoped to see one troublesome companion deposited in his own house, to get sober and cool, and the other recover his temper and happiness when this visit of hardship were over.
I must have been unconscious for a few minutes, for when I came to myself, I found that they had torn down the bell-rope, and had secured me tightly to the oaken chair which stands at the head of the dining-table.
Just step into this room and wait there for a few minutes.
He made for the factory in which he worked, and he knew that he had only a few minutes in which to conceal this enormously valuable prize, which would otherwise be found on him when he was searched.
A few minutes later, we had stopped at a large mansion in the busiest thoroughfare.
He handed back Owen's letter and returned to his newspaper; and when he looked up from it a few minutes later it was with a clear brow and a smile that irresistibly drew her back to happier thoughts.
When, a few minutes later, he came back with his recovered property, and the news that the boat would not leave till the tide had turned, she showed no concern.
In a few minutes he would be in her presence and would read his reassurance in her eyes.
When they entered the house the hands of the hall clock stood within a few minutes of the luncheon hour.
In a few minutes, he was seated in a sumptuous barouche, drawn by a pair of beautiful iron-grays, and rolling over a splendid gravel road entirely shaded by trees, which appeared to have been the accumulated growth of many centuries.
Yes, Mrs. Belloc was in, and would be glad to see her, if Miss Stevens would wait in the drawing-room a few minutes.
Seeing their greeting, one would have thought they had seen each other but a few minutesbefore or were casual acquaintances.
When she awoke after what she thought was a few minutes of unconsciousness, the clamor of traffic in the Rue de Rivoli startled her.
Maenck learned that he had retired to his apartments a few minutes earlier in company with Prince Peter of Blentz and Von Coblich.
The firing squad will do a better work in a few minutes," replied the lieutenant, with a grim pointedness that took Barney's breath away.
After a few minutes of waiting the servant returned with the king's command to fetch the prisoners to his apartments.
For a few minutes he held to his rapid pace before he looked around, and then it was to see two cars climbing into the road from the encampment in the field and heading toward him in pursuit.
I don't remember it and I told the panel that just a few minutes ago.
You need not leave the room, we will be finished in a few minutes.
Ian, I know you've got a lecture in a few minutes so I'll be brief.
In a few minuteswe heard her mate answer, and presently the two birds came hurrying to the spot, both with loaded beaks.
A few minutes elapsed, when we saw the mother bird spring from her perch and go straight as an arrow to the nest.
The house, as has already been stated, stood about sixty yards from the fort, and Elizabeth hoped to run thither and bring back the powder in a few minutes.
The visitor waited patiently, walking to and fro for a few minutes, when he heard a voice as if in grave conversation.
He fears he has offended you, and has begged me to ask if you will see him for a few minutes.
Caleb will be in again in a few minutes," said Mrs. Garth, who imagined some trouble between Fred and his father.
My servant will be back in a few minutes, and I shall then go myself to see what can be done for this unfortunate man.
Will you ask her if she can see me--see Mrs. Casaubon, for a few minutes?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "few minutes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
