Example sentences of "for a few seconds before " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 2 | They back off six inches and then charge like two bulls , with the female grasping the male by the bottom lip for a few seconds before he escapes . |
| 3 | Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them . |
| 4 | The pump ‘ pinned us there for a few seconds before the other lads got it off ’ . |
| 5 | For a few seconds before you die , you 'll know what it was made us get rough with you . ’ |
| 6 | Cliff , the concrete contractor , and Tessa , the schoolteacher , were flipped off the paddle boat in a suck hole and held underwater by the boiling currents for a few seconds before their life-jackets brought them spluttering to the surface . |
| 7 | The horizon was a dark terracotta colour , the top of the dying sun just visible for a few seconds before it dropped out of sight and the sky doused the remaining light like a heavy black blanket . |
| 8 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |