Example sentences of "[prep] a few second " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few seconds the attitude should be allowed to steepen up gradually and smoothly until the full climbing angle is reached . |
| 2 | ( After a few seconds the rudder must be recentralised to avoid getting to high speeds with full rudder applied . ) |
| 3 | After a few seconds she drew it down again and strained her ears . |
| 4 | After a few seconds Sandison said : ‘ Tell me about the Scots . ’ |
| 5 | He turned and after a few seconds said : |
| 6 | After a few seconds a second fin appeared . |
| 7 | Golf Charlie Charlie , engine failure ’ , then after a few seconds ‘ Mayday ! |
| 8 | ‘ Both born in the Ukraine , you 'll notice , ’ Manville explained after a few seconds . |
| 9 | I made a mental effort to visualise his new house , to create some mind picture , but gave up after a few seconds . |
| 10 | He could hear the car , distantly , and after a few seconds the sound of its motor faded away . |
| 11 | Basically when you see ‘ Capcom ’ appear on your screen at the start , press Down , R , Up , L , Y , B and after a few seconds you 'll both be able to choose the same character . |
| 12 | After a few seconds , he moved just enough to let one eye and a frowning eyebrow show . |
| 13 | After a few seconds the voice began again , stronger now and more resolute . |
| 14 | After a few seconds it cut out completely . |
| 15 | ‘ Sweet God , ’ he said after a few seconds , then began buttoning his blue coat . |
| 16 | The ball is kicked or thrown to the highlighted player either after a few seconds or when the fire button is pressed with the joystick i neutral . |
| 17 | After a few seconds he looked like a Dark Age warlord in mid campaign , in mid mop-up , on mired mountaintop , taking a glazed breather before moving on to the women and children . |
| 18 | After a few seconds , he heard them breathing — one breath long and light , the other slightly shorter and huskier . |
| 19 | After a few seconds : |
| 20 | After a few seconds the red lights on my suit turned to green . |
| 21 | When the light comes , after a few seconds , it comes as a sunrise . |
| 22 | After a few seconds all movement ceased and silence returned to the glade . |
| 23 | After a few seconds , Ace realized that this was not a rhetorical question . |
| 24 | After a few seconds , he crumpled the aluminium with a sudden grip of his fist , as though he had taken an important decision . |
| 25 | After a few seconds the novice , with tea spilling out of the cup and down his arms , cried , ‘ stop ! no more will go in ’ . |
| 26 | After a few seconds , there was nothing left of it except a black piece of wood two metres high . |
| 27 | ‘ Please , Dana , do as I ask ; it 's important , ’ Claudia pleaded , and something in her manner must have got across , for after a few seconds Dana allowed herself to be led towards the café . |
| 28 | After a few seconds of awkward introductions , Zohra excused herself with a promise to be down for cocoa at the usual time , then led Harry upstairs . |
| 29 | ‘ Cut it out , Maria , ’ he ordered her curtly after a few seconds in which he seemed to hold his breath . |
| 30 | Luke had tensed as she touched him , and after a few seconds he flung her hand off , the violence of the gesture silencing her abruptly . |