Example sentences of "[prep] a few seconds [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ball is kicked or thrown to the highlighted player either after a few seconds or when the fire button is pressed with the joystick i neutral . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Harris paused for a few seconds while he negotiated the cabriolet over some deep ruts in the high road . |
| 4 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 5 | Jessamy sat in silence for a few seconds while she digested that piece of information . |
| 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 | Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them . |
| 9 | The pump ‘ pinned us there for a few seconds before the other lads got it off ’ . |
| 10 | For a few seconds before you die , you 'll know what it was made us get rough with you . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 14 | For a few seconds that stony-visaged politician looked kindly and I realised that , apart from his mistress , Benjamin was one of the few people Wolsey really loved . |
| 15 | The boy fought wildly for a few seconds but then his right arm was bent back behind him until he called out in the most desperate agony he had ever known . |
| 16 | She struggled furiously for a few seconds but her former strength was lost to her . |
| 17 | another driver says he came off in a field saw stars for a few seconds but he 's alright … |
| 18 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
| 21 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 22 | He put down the pot , stared at the floor for a few seconds and then looked up glowering , pointed his finger at me in a way that was frightening because it was so sudden . |
| 23 | There was silence for a few seconds and then he said : ‘ And she 's your sister , is she ? ’ |
| 24 | He watched her face as she scanned the street and the square ahead for a few seconds and then moved on . |
| 25 | Finding she could n't push the pram up the slope , she thought for a few seconds and then tried to pull it up . |
| 26 | 11 Dip the tin into hot water for a few seconds and turn on to a serving plate . |
| 27 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |
| 28 | Now you 've worked through these 12 exercises , lightly jog for a few seconds and remember to jog where you can , whether it 's going for a bus or running up the stairs . |
| 29 | Let the print drain for a few seconds and place it on your flash enlarger ( that 's why the bin liner ) and now run your flash test across the print . |
| 30 | A soaking bumblebee crawled over a thistle-bloom , vibrated its wings for a few seconds and then flew away down the field . |