"I have some other business in the building, so I'm going to leave you here alone for a couple minutes."

"This will only take a couple minutes and then I'll drive you home."

Later that day, he appeared again for a couple minutes.

It'll just take a couple minutes to fire them up.

We sat for a couple minutes, getting the feel of things.

I watched a couple minutes longer, but the show was over.

Most guys, they come back from their breaks a couple minutes late to get an easy position.

It took another couple minutes to find anything something useful.

Another couple minutes and I thought it would be safe for me to make a move.

"I'll bring you some more water in a couple minutes," she said and left again.