Example sentences of "few seconds [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dana felt so sick , he went straight back to bed , but had been there only a few seconds before he leapt out with a scream of agony : an autumnal , sleepy wasp had been brought in by the chambermaid among the bedclothes which had been airing at the window and had stung my friend on the bottom ! |
| 2 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 3 | The current , although only slow , should be able to do this easily in the first few seconds before the crust becomes totally waterlogged and is still buoyant enough to counteract the weight of the bullet . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was only a few seconds before he hit a cul de sac and jumped out . |
| 6 | It was a few seconds before she realised that it was coming from her . |
| 7 | Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them . |
| 8 | The pump ‘ pinned us there for a few seconds before the other lads got it off ’ . |
| 9 | For a few seconds before you die , you 'll know what it was made us get rough with you . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He had only a few seconds before the postman came into sight through the trees above the road . |
| 13 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 14 | It took a few seconds before she realised that he had pulled himself away from her . |
| 15 | The touch of cynicism struck a slightly sour note , but it lasted only a few seconds before the teasing tone was back . |
| 16 | Could it be that ? she wondered , in the few seconds before he spoke . |
| 17 | I saw the rolled-up rug under the workbench and it was a few seconds before I realized that she was n't inside it any more . |
| 18 | She felt a flood of heat as he stared down at her , felt the deepening intensity of his gaze on her in the few seconds before his mouth descended slowly to take possession of her lips . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She struggled furiously for a few seconds but her former strength was lost to her . |
| 21 | another driver says he came off in a field saw stars for a few seconds but he 's alright … |
| 22 | In just the few seconds that it took Roebuck to de-rail Shelford , a whole new Marty Roebuck fan club was born . |
| 23 | He did n't hesitate and say ‘ I 'll have to ask God about that ’ ; in the few seconds that it took her to express her need , Elisha knew what to say to her . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Harris paused for a few seconds while he negotiated the cabriolet over some deep ruts in the high road . |
| 27 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 28 | She blinked twice , taking the risk of missing the right few seconds while her eyes were shut . |
| 29 | Jessamy sat in silence for a few seconds while she digested that piece of information . |
| 30 | But he was n't , and during those few seconds while he 'd held her , she 'd had to admit this growing physical attraction she felt for him . |