Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few seconds he " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few seconds he looked like a Dark Age warlord in mid campaign , in mid mop-up , on mired mountaintop , taking a glazed breather before moving on to the women and children . |
| 2 | Luke had tensed as she touched him , and after a few seconds he flung her hand off , the violence of the gesture silencing her abruptly . |
| 3 | For a few seconds he stared at me , still grinning and blinking . |
| 4 | For a few seconds he was too shocked to speak and Rebecque assumed that the silence merely expressed Sharpe 's horror at being ordered to a ball , but then the Rifleman exploded with his news . |
| 5 | For a few seconds he did n't speak , and just watched us . |
| 6 | Then for a few seconds he said nothing . |
| 7 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 8 | Within a few seconds he was dead . |