Example sentences of "[noun sg] a [det] seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fourth member of the farmhouse group was led blinking out of his bedroom a few seconds later , a thin , scrawny young man with lank hair . |
| 2 | There 's a lot of misunderstanding about I S O Nine Thousand and I think that Norman 's er analogy a few seconds ago is really , really rather good . |
| 3 | Off Ian pedalled , to arrive at the pub a few seconds before Sally , but having been companions in adversity throughout the whole way , neither was going to claim outright victory , so agreed to declare a draw . |
| 4 | He saw the ball a few seconds earlier than other batsmen . ’ |
| 5 | Some witnesses heard an engine begin coughing and spluttering and some heard an engine increase from low power to a higher power setting before they and other witnesses heard an impact a few seconds later . |
| 6 | Beginners are often surprised at the length of time it takes a learner to learn something : they tend to think that they need to say something once only for the whole class to have it ready for use a few seconds later . |
| 7 | The Vice-Admiral lived at the back , and he opened his front door a few seconds after Pooley rang the bell . |
| 8 | Breath in concentrate again keep the ball in the Forest half and edge a few seconds closer to victory . |
| 9 | It 's like bits of a film — I have only fragments , each image a few seconds long . |
| 10 | It looked as though Spurs had regained their self-respect a few seconds later when the England striker appeared to net a Samways cross , but in fact Tranmere 's full-back Higgins had put the ball past his goalkeeper . |
| 11 | The same kind of inertia had held him prisoner a few seconds before , but common sense made him brush his nonsensical thoughts aside . |
| 12 | As Lorenz wrote , ‘ one of them may be inclined to go on to mouth-pulling a few seconds before the other one . |