Example sentences of "[coord] [art] few seconds " in BNC.
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1 | A bemused Southall found himself cautioned for time-wasting and a few seconds later had to pick the ball out of the net . |
2 | The portiere , an over-weight , ill-tempered man of sixty , shouted into the courtyard and a few seconds later his grandson Aldo arrived . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 |
5 | She rang the bell , and a few seconds later the bent , withered figure of Jamie Shepherd appeared . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | She fumbled with her purse and a few seconds later she held a lighter shakily to the end of a cigarette and puffed greedily . |
9 | The boat went on without her and a few seconds later went down under the water . |
10 | I wondered what Rupert was doing now , and a few seconds later I found out . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Shapes moved against the drawn curtains of the room beyond , and a few seconds later the girl came forward into the light . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | And a few seconds ago an urgent message had come through from GCHQ at Cheltenham . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | And there were other things ; saliva drooled from her lips and every few seconds she gave a retching cough . |
19 | 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 . |