Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a few seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | So do we understand from that that in the event it made only a few seconds difference , if at all ? |
| 2 | Strong tetanic stimulation , which evoked large NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic currents , produced Ca 2+ transients lasting only a few seconds . |
| 3 | e ) Sudden changes of pressure in the ears when clearing them , either on ascent or descent , can produce in susceptible pilots a strong feeling of disorientation , usually lasting only a few seconds . |
| 4 | While the first group of dogs feeds — it takes just a few seconds for them to finish the bowls , right down to the lick clean — I huff on my fingers , more hopefully than knowingly . |
| 5 | It takes just a few seconds to alter CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to make these changes . |
| 6 | It takes just a few seconds , but it gives horses better security for life . |
| 7 | He said , ‘ Do have a look at the price of some of the things in here , there 's even a knitting machine ’ and there for all to see was an Erka Twinbed Knitting Machine with carrying case and stand for 45 guineas , the very thing Grace Worrell had been asking about in the letter I had been reading only a few seconds before . |
| 8 | Since the whole process took only a few seconds for each blank and the woman was working full-time it could not be denied that this woman knew , from her own sensory experience , a great deal about the making of magnets . |
| 9 | As the launch and the bows of the sinking yacht were now almost level it took only a few seconds to transfer the six survivors — another had joined the group of five that Talbot had seen — aboard the launch . |
| 10 | It took only a few seconds to order six droids and a goods transporter to the 65th level cargo bay . |
| 11 | It took only a few seconds for Benny to rush on and spot her unknowing guides . |
| 12 | They were four-and-three-quarter inches long , and would fit onto most machines , but gave only a few seconds extra time . |
| 13 | This has given them a movie picture of the structural changes , built up from snapshots taken only a few seconds apart . |
| 14 | He had only a few seconds before the postman came into sight through the trees above the road . |
| 15 | The touch of cynicism struck a slightly sour note , but it lasted only a few seconds before the teasing tone was back . |
| 16 | It lasted only a few seconds , vivid enough to temporarily subdue any discord until their habitual attitudes towards each other slid into place again . |
| 17 | The change from flute to piccolo or vice versa occupies only a few seconds . |
| 18 | But as he stood there a few seconds more , holding her eyes relentlessly , Maria was assailed by a sense of what her fate would be like if ever she was weak enough to succumb to the dark , dangerous attraction he held for her . |