Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [art] few seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | After looking out into the daylight , it took my eyes a few seconds to adjust . |
| 2 | It looked as though Spurs had regained their self-respect a few seconds later when the England striker appeared to net a Samways cross , but in fact Tranmere 's full-back Higgins had put the ball past his goalkeeper . |
| 3 | The same kind of inertia had held him prisoner a few seconds before , but common sense made him brush his nonsensical thoughts aside . |
| 4 | The fourth member of the farmhouse group was led blinking out of his bedroom a few seconds later , a thin , scrawny young man with lank hair . |
| 5 | It took his eyes a few seconds to get accustomed to the gloom then he darted inside and ducked down behind a rusty skip close to the door . |
| 6 | A knife-point poked into his back every few seconds , so he knew that the mestizo was close behind him . |