Example sentences of "[conj] [art] few seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | If full airbrakes are needed for more than a few seconds , and it looks as though they should be kept on , sideslipping should be used to get rid of the excess height so that for the last part of the approach less than full airbrake approach is required . |
| 2 | If you are knocked out for longer than a few seconds , you should report to your doctor as soon as possible after the competition . |
| 3 | He could n't stay still for more than a few seconds and either paced the ground or fidgeted with his hair , clothes , hands , face and anything else within his reach . |
| 4 | The heat did not last for more than a few seconds , and when it had passed , Ciparis was left in an awful solitude , his cries for help going unanswered as the city burned above him . |
| 5 | They spread between people by coughing , sneezing and kissing but they can not live for more than a few seconds outside the body . |
| 6 | It was noted that Stefan did not play with his toys for more than a few seconds before leaving them , so she was advised to reward him for playing longer ( so that he would have less time for wandering out of the house ) . |
| 7 | It took him no more than a few seconds of the exchange to decide which voice was Kemp 's . |
| 8 | Less than a few seconds , but it seemed longer than time . |
| 9 | The discovery was unsettling , for it was commonly accepted that it was difficult to meet the impassive stare of the Kha-Khan elect for more than a few seconds . |
| 10 | Then I was here alone for no more than a few seconds . |
| 11 | In his darker moments Rincewind had come up with his own explanation as to why even minor spells refused to stay in his head for more than a few seconds . |
| 12 | A bemused Southall found himself cautioned for time-wasting and a few seconds later had to pick the ball out of the net . |
| 13 | The portiere , an over-weight , ill-tempered man of sixty , shouted into the courtyard and a few seconds later his grandson Aldo arrived . |
| 14 | As I watched , one of the engines cut out and a few seconds later I heard and saw the explosion , two or three streets away . |
| 15 | He hurried through the open doorway into the house and a few seconds later reappeared carrying a rifle which he passed from one hand to the other as |
| 16 | She rang the bell , and a few seconds later the bent , withered figure of Jamie Shepherd appeared . |
| 17 | Normally this is only a minor irritation ( unless the controller suffers from migraine ) , and a few seconds later another transmission sorts the whole thing out . |
| 18 | She watched her mother walk out of the kitchen as if in a trance and a few seconds later Carla was nestled in her granny 's arms . |
| 19 | She fumbled with her purse and a few seconds later she held a lighter shakily to the end of a cigarette and puffed greedily . |
| 20 | The boat went on without her and a few seconds later went down under the water . |
| 21 | I wondered what Rupert was doing now , and a few seconds later I found out . |
| 22 | Lepine was knocked unconscious by the impact and a few seconds later his head was hacked from his shoulders by a flurry of coupe-coupe blows rained on him in the driving seat by the surviving coolies . |
| 23 | Shapes moved against the drawn curtains of the room beyond , and a few seconds later the girl came forward into the light . |
| 24 | The pulsar is also spinning rapidly with a period between I ms and a few seconds , but its magnetic dipole axis is not aligned with the spin axis . |
| 25 | Twoflower followed , and a few seconds later there was a strangling sound from the sergeant as the Luggage closed its lid with a snap , stood up , stretched , and marched after them . |
| 26 | Another member , Bernard Edwards , entered for the second time with his partner Steve Kenning and achieved the excellent time of 2 hours 34 minutes and a few seconds , knocking more than a quarter of an hour off their time last year . |
| 27 | And a few seconds ago an urgent message had come through from GCHQ at Cheltenham . |
| 28 | In a moment it was sliding over the drawbridge and a few seconds later she saw its red tail-lights disappearing at speed down the mountainside towards the outside world . |
| 29 | And there were other things ; saliva drooled from her lips and every few seconds she gave a retching cough . |
| 30 | Again I felt that terrible pain and sickness , but a few seconds later I found myself with the face and body and character of Henry Jekyll once more . |