Example sentences of "in [art] few seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | An estimate of numbers was impossible in the few seconds available at the pause , but on the return journey , about an hour later , something had awakened them and a most spectacular aerial display was in progress — the two species had reacted differently to whatever had disturbed their siesta — the lapwing wheeling erratically just above ground level , but the ‘ goldies ’ in ever-changing smoke-like clouds high above , performing quick-change evolutions reminiscent of starlings going to roost . |
| 2 | She was stitching the holes Rosie had managed to rip in the seat of his pants in the few seconds they were in her possession . |
| 3 | from my vantage point I saw nothing in the few seconds between the County Inspector 's announcement to have incited what appeared to be a concerted start by the police . |
| 4 | For a typical car , the carpet will only be about 2 cm thick , and will be quite short-lived but in the few seconds it lasts before collapsing it will transfer most of its heat to the road . |
| 5 | Every sunset the apes would return from their day 's foraging to sleep in the branches of this giant tree , and we were driven to distraction by our repeated attempts to film them properly in the few seconds after they arrived and before the sun set . |
| 6 | He did n't hesitate and say ‘ I 'll have to ask God about that ’ ; in the few seconds that it took her to express her need , Elisha knew what to say to her . |
| 7 | Could it be that ? she wondered , in the few seconds before he spoke . |
| 8 | She felt a flood of heat as he stared down at her , felt the deepening intensity of his gaze on her in the few seconds before his mouth descended slowly to take possession of her lips . |
| 9 | Unless this is quickly controlled , in a few seconds the glider can be far too high above the towplane . |
| 10 | But when the edge had dulled it was no problem and on the harder wood a burn mark could be left in a few seconds if very little pressure was applied with the cutter just spinning on the surface . |
| 11 | It must have been all over in a few seconds . |
| 12 | There are enough accounts of Blenheim operations to put things into historical perspective , while the detailed description of the restoration project enables one to understand how mortified all felt when human error undid years of endeavour in a few seconds . |
| 13 | On surfacing , the rate again speeds up , generally remaining at the higher level until the carbon dioxide content of the exhaled air has returned to normal — usually in a few seconds . |
| 14 | A nifty bit of sleight of hand got the ashtray into the correct position , and in a few seconds , I had a good quantity of the precious fluid . |
| 15 | It was over in a few seconds . |
| 16 | It 's all done in a few seconds , which means it 's even harder for you to fend off the messages ; they go in subliminally , which means you are n't aware of them . |
| 17 | With boards travelling at up to 25 knots , the emphasis is on not falling since in a few seconds the fleet will have zoomed past and gained a huge advantage . |
| 18 | Conversely , a large-scale and long-period phenomenon such as the movement of tectonic plates can lead to local stress accumulation and to its release by an earthquake in a few seconds and with highly local effects . |
| 19 | In a few seconds time he might be face to face with the man who had killed Daniel . |
| 20 | It has been developing away on a polymer foam that is intended to fill an entire building ‘ from floor to ceiling ’ in a few seconds after an alarm is tripped . |
| 21 | The vast X-ray energies suddenly dumped in their little laps will kill them in a few seconds , giving the fastest cures on record . |
| 22 | It left quite an impression , because it needed the brilliant virtuosity that Repin already had at that time , and it needed powerful playing from the orchestra , not just loud but with a lot of richness for the fast passages — you know how to judge a great orchestra when you hear let's say thousands of notes in a few seconds , and there 's still a special timbre . |
| 23 | Child reading profiles , detailing work done , books read , skills learned , spellings known and test scores , would be printed by the computer in a few seconds . |
| 24 | Hazel covered the distance down the slope in a few seconds . |
| 25 | He absorbed the little gray figures in a few seconds and his face bulged . |
| 26 | The evening arrived ; the soup was served , and the bowls were empty again in a few seconds . |
| 27 | In a few seconds , he had disappeared from sight . |
| 28 | In a few seconds , two fell dead , one was running back into the trees , and four were inside the stockade . |
| 29 | Once a spreadsheet model is established such questions can be answered in a few seconds . |
| 30 | ‘ It 'll switch itself off in a few seconds . ’ |