Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [adj] seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incidentally , there 's another hotkey that disables this for 10 seconds , long enough for you to shut things down before the UPS leaps into action . |
| 2 | They glowered at one another for several seconds . |
| 3 | We could n't argue , for Thistle 's chance of taking anything from this game lasted all of 58 seconds . |
| 4 | One , on Paul MacCready 's bicycle-powered aircraft , Gossamer Albatross , occupied all of 16 seconds . |
| 5 | Then , the phone in her room rang , and for all of two seconds she stood transfixed . |
| 6 | Right , Anthea 's not in her office right now , she 's in Eynsham , so it 'll take all of 75 seconds to get there , so she 'll make do with call parking it anyway . |
| 7 | LEE Ferdinand took all of 125 seconds to score Q.P.R. 's first goal in their 3-2 win over Sheffield Wednesday |
| 8 | IT took Andy Walker of Bolton Wanderers all of 49 seconds to open the scoring of the season against Huddersfield . |
| 9 | He has seen her for all of 30 seconds . |
| 10 | When Ford offered us a safe harbour , it took me all of 15 seconds to say yes . ’ |
| 11 | TOMMY SMITH : ‘ So you 're saying his decision to have this operation and to actually sell it to the Sun came all within five seconds ? ’ |
| 12 | How can any woman tell that in thirty seconds ? |
| 13 | Basically , The function is the same as for the Language Master — a recording can be made of written language which is displayed for the pupil — but the Audio Page runs for 4 minutes where the Language Master only provides at most about 10 seconds of time . |