Example sentences of "a few seconds [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water . |
| 2 | Harris paused for a few seconds while he negotiated the cabriolet over some deep ruts in the high road . |
| 3 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 4 | Jessamy sat in silence for a few seconds while she digested that piece of information . |
| 5 | Dana felt so sick , he went straight back to bed , but had been there only a few seconds before he leapt out with a scream of agony : an autumnal , sleepy wasp had been brought in by the chambermaid among the bedclothes which had been airing at the window and had stung my friend on the bottom ! |
| 6 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was only a few seconds before he hit a cul de sac and jumped out . |
| 9 | It was a few seconds before she realised that it was coming from her . |
| 10 | Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them . |
| 11 | The pump ‘ pinned us there for a few seconds before the other lads got it off ’ . |
| 12 | For a few seconds before you die , you 'll know what it was made us get rough with you . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He had only a few seconds before the postman came into sight through the trees above the road . |
| 16 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 17 | It took a few seconds before she realised that he had pulled himself away from her . |
| 18 | The touch of cynicism struck a slightly sour note , but it lasted only a few seconds before the teasing tone was back . |
| 19 | I saw the rolled-up rug under the workbench and it was a few seconds before I realized that she was n't inside it any more . |
| 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 | This gives a jumble of echoes that will sometimes persist for as much as a few seconds after the original sound has ceased . |
| 22 | But French TV pioneered the national exit poll , and the ‘ results ’ were revealed a few seconds after the last ballot slip was boxed . |
| 23 | It took a few seconds after he regained consciousness to realize that he was blindfolded . |
| 24 | The Vice-Admiral lived at the back , and he opened his front door a few seconds after Pooley rang the bell . |
| 25 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 26 | And when she jumped up again , the chair sort of stuck to the seat of those awful green breeches she wears and came up with her for a few seconds until the thick syrup slowly came unstuck . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The embrace lasts for only a few seconds as the eggs are expelled immediately and fertilised by the male . |
| 29 | For a few seconds as they descended , he had an unimpeded view through a gap in the trees of the west front of the chapel . |
| 30 | Melissa watched for a few seconds as he worked , apparently impervious to the heat , then turned back to where the others were waiting . |