Hello and dear native English speakers. Could I ask you three questions about 7 sentences , which ,I guess, have the similar meaning? 1. He hadn't been gone two minutes when there was an explosion.(original) 2. He hadn't been and gone two minutes when there was an explosion. 3. He hadn't been gone for two minutes when there was an explosion. 4. After he left there for two minutes there was an explosion there. 5. He did not leave there for two minutes until there was an explosion 6. He did not leave until there was an explosion for two minutes. 7. Just as he left there for two minutes then suddenly an explosion happened. Question: Which is/are grammatically correct? Does number 2 has the same meaning as number 1? Does each of sentences 3 to 7 has the same meaning?

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