Example sentences of "every few seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the decision is made to continue with a circuit , use a well-banked turn and monitor the airspeed every few seconds . |
| 2 | If the launch seems slow , check the speed every few seconds . |
| 3 | Every few seconds a plane would take off as another approached the cross runway , with a third coming in behind the take-off plane to land . |
| 4 | Playing the tape , I paused it every few seconds to translate . |
| 5 | A knife-point poked into his back every few seconds , so he knew that the mestizo was close behind him . |
| 6 | For instance , participants can opt for ‘ freeze-frame ’ pictures , in which images of participants in the meeting are updated every few seconds instead of constantly moving . |
| 7 | He nodded in the direction of the woods from where , every few seconds , the thin cry of the vixen could be heard . |
| 8 | Every few seconds he transmitted the ‘ successfully aboard ’ code . |
| 9 | I try to relax — everything is easier if you relax — as the young doctor pushes the tube into the green bone of my pelvic girdle , pausing every few seconds to ask if I 'm O.K. I am . |
| 10 | I 'm watching a silent T.V. The flickering light from the screen changes the mood of the dark room every few seconds , but I 'm impervious to mood . |
| 11 | My heart was beating in my throat making it hard to swallow , my nose was running , my hands were cold and I could n't get enough oxygen , which made me yawn every few seconds . |
| 12 | The film in progress when I arrived showed a football match between a team of nuns and a team of soldiers , and every time the referee blew his whistle for a penalty ( which was every few seconds ) the player concerned had to lose a garment . |
| 13 | Conversation was not easy : " Eliot turned his head from speaker to speaker , with a slight jerk , emitting a nervous tic " yes " or " hmm " every few seconds . |
| 14 | Every few seconds , it stops , executes a pirouette with its head lifted and then dashes off in another direction . |
| 15 | He crossed to his drinks cabinet and poured himself another large measure of whisky , glancing at the phone every few seconds as if willing it to ring . |
| 16 | There 's a crush over by the door in one of the rooms , with flashbulbs going off every few seconds , but it 's impossible to get near enough to see . |
| 17 | He walked so slowly that Piper had to stop every few seconds and wait for him to catch up . |
| 18 | When carrying out any actions which interfere with the scan , then such actions can be interrupted every few seconds to scan the Horizon . |
| 19 | And there were other things ; saliva drooled from her lips and every few seconds she gave a retching cough . |
| 20 | Every few seconds or so she squeezed a hard rubber shape that the blood bank nurse had given her , an action which would pump the blood faster into the cannula , through plastic tubing and into the attached plastic bag , which was slowly filling . |
| 21 | He pointed back down the road to where his travelling companion was still approaching , having adopted a method of riding that involved falling out of the saddle every few seconds . |
| 22 | Every few seconds a vicious whip-flick of the wrist confirms there is life here . |
| 23 | Every few seconds the sounds of shots and explosions broke the fragile silence . |
| 24 | Every few seconds she looked at the ground and shook her head . |