Example sentences of "[adv] twenty second " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time for the race — 9 minutes 1.9 seconds — beat the previous record ( Golden Miller in 1934 ) by nearly twenty seconds and was to stand until 1990 . |
| 2 | Niki ducked into the pits , changed tyres and came out twenty seconds behind Tambay . |
| 3 | There seemed to be fluctuations and cycles , from one of about twenty seconds to one corresponding to the monthly lunar cycle . |
| 4 | After pressing for about twenty seconds you remove your hand and , as you do so , you remove the coin but take it upwards so it can not be seen , look at the forehead as if the coin is still there and start everyone counting . |
| 5 | There was nothing dramatic to mark its going — just a stream of air bubbles that became gradually smaller and ceased altogether after about twenty seconds . |
| 6 | The short-term store has a limit of about twenty seconds unless there is opportunity for rehearsal , e.g. this is the maximum time available between looking up a telephone number and then dialling it unless the operator repeats it to himself . |
| 7 | Sister Rosario 's beady eyes scanned the classroom for about twenty seconds before she said , ‘ Let that be a warning to any would-be bullies in this class . |
| 8 | After what seemed like a couple of hours , but was actually about twenty seconds , she began to rise involuntarily , and something bumped her shoulder painfully . |
| 9 | It had taken about twenty seconds . |
| 10 | let's say they get up to full speed at erm after about twenty seconds , it 's alright , I 'm just getting them |
| 11 | Well they , they , they scroll through themselves , I mean you have no control er they are on three five two is one of the n the numbers and er there , there 's probably be about four to six pages which , you know , go er er er you have to wait , I mean they just go through I do n't know about twenty seconds perhaps each |
| 12 | Right twenty second if there 's any difficulty I 'll come back to Paul and Keith cos to let everybody else know about any problems |
| 13 | It must he fully twenty seconds before she speaks again , and she ai n't sleeping , that 's for sure . |