Example sentences of "in a [adj] seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless this is quickly controlled , in a few seconds the glider can be far too high above the towplane . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It must have been all over in a few seconds . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was over in a few seconds . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In a few seconds time he might be face to face with the man who had killed Daniel . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The vast X-ray energies suddenly dumped in their little laps will kill them in a few seconds , giving the fastest cures on record . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Hazel covered the distance down the slope in a few seconds . |
| 17 | He absorbed the little gray figures in a few seconds and his face bulged . |
| 18 | The evening arrived ; the soup was served , and the bowls were empty again in a few seconds . |
| 19 | In a few seconds , he had disappeared from sight . |
| 20 | In a few seconds , two fell dead , one was running back into the trees , and four were inside the stockade . |
| 21 | Once a spreadsheet model is established such questions can be answered in a few seconds . |
| 22 | ‘ It 'll switch itself off in a few seconds . ’ |
| 23 | In a few seconds — it had been perhaps a minute in all since I had lost sight of them — I was standing under the tree , on an unrevealing carpet of shrivelled carats . |
| 24 | But Dreadnought , let alone all her other weak places , had been holed amidships by a baulk of timber , and before long the water poured into her with a sound like a sigh and she went down in a few seconds . |
| 25 | You 've said ‘ Fire ! ’ and seen the price of a dozen cameras blow away in a few seconds ' worth of flash and bang , with nothing left at the end to stick in the family album . |
| 26 | ‘ Did you know you can garrotte someone in a few seconds ? ’ |
| 27 | If a man 's face could age in a few seconds , his did . |
| 28 | In a few seconds , Dame Frances was a blazing human torch . |
| 29 | In a few seconds she felt better and raised her head , her eyes enormous in her pale face . |
| 30 | speed of execution — 100 years in the life of a watershed can be simulated in a few seconds of computer time , and |