Example sentences of "a few seconds [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the final phase of the experiment , the buzzer ( a conditioned stimulus ) sounded and the dog salivated after a few seconds without the presence of any meat powder ( conditioned response ) . |
| 2 | If the lines are balanced you should be able to hold this position for a few seconds without the sail changing its position . |
| 3 | He played for a few seconds with the animal 's jewelled collar then turned his eyes on me . |
| 4 | Wash the specimens gently in two changes of distilled water ( not tap water , which contains Fe and Ca ) for only a few seconds at a time — the stains are relatively soluble . |
| 5 | It is a good technique to allow a few seconds at the beginning of a shot before the pan movement actually starts to allow the audience time to take in the scene . |
| 6 | The evidence for increased transmitter release is strongest for STP , that is from a few seconds to an hour or so after the inductive event . |
| 7 | Mr Osenat nevertheless put the paintings up for sale at their estimate , FFr2.5 million and sold them in the space of a few seconds to the town 's Mayor ( who is also , ironically , Chairman of the Board of the Hospital ) , who then donated them to the museum on behalf of the town . |
| 8 | In theory , it takes a few seconds for the machine to recognize a new card , but in practice it worked so fast that when I inserted the Flash RAM card and typed ‘ dir A ’ , the machine responded instantly with a list of the card 's contents . |
| 9 | It took him no more than a few seconds of the exchange to decide which voice was Kemp 's . |
| 10 | They spread between people by coughing , sneezing and kissing but they can not live for more than a few seconds outside the body . |
| 11 | The old woman ducked quickly back into her soft cave , to linger for a few seconds by the animal . |