Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | The barman brought over their hot toddies and Roy was glad of the few seconds ' reprieve . |
| 2 | As he took it their fingers met , invoking so vivid a memory of the few seconds she had spent in his arms that she jerked away , spilling coffee into the saucer . |
| 3 | But they lost several of the forty seconds through sheer surprise , then they had a technical problem . |
| 4 | just pinch her hand , give her a firm handshake because you 've got about ninety seconds in which to make your first impression and of the ninety seconds about ninety five percent of that time is made through visual images and that can be your dress sense , the way you carry yourself , present yourself , erm body language , do n't invade his personal space , only I think about erm I think about twelve , twelve seconds off of ninety seconds , or there thereabouts is spent on what you say . |
| 5 | He had been scared then but it had been short-lived : terror lasting a matter of a few seconds , a minute at most . |
| 6 | This had never happened to her before , and she was dumbfounded that , in the course of a few seconds , her life could change so much . |
| 7 | I still remember the dirty liquid in my school test tube suddenly turning a brilliant turquoise , then shocking pink and then back to grey all in the space of a few seconds . |
| 8 | Mr Osenat nevertheless put the paintings up for sale at their estimate , FFr2.5 million and sold them in the space of a few seconds to the town 's Mayor ( who is also , ironically , Chairman of the Board of the Hospital ) , who then donated them to the museum on behalf of the town . |
| 9 | He had accused , judged , and branded her all in the space of a few seconds . |