Example sentences of "few seconds of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even on a bad day he is worth watching , for a few seconds of his lightning , elegant attacks eclipses an evening of mauling aggression . |
| 2 | The rig change is done at the very end of the turn which will involve a few seconds of clew first sailing |
| 3 | A refinement of this is ‘ record revue ’ , which automatically replays the last few seconds of the previous shot as a check before returning the camcorder to record-mode . |
| 4 | This is a real time saver , because it automatically plays back the last few seconds of the previous shot as a check before returning you to record mode ready to take the next shot . |
| 5 | At the beginning of each new shot , the tape first back-tracks over the last few seconds of the previous recording , after which it reverses and returns back to the edit-point during which the camcorder 's electronics find and lock onto the previously recorded control-pulses . |
| 6 | Begin this pan with a few seconds of static shot ( remembering to allow for the backspace time ) and continue the shot for a few more seconds when you reach the end of the pan . |
| 7 | Everything was apparently under control until the last few seconds of flight and he was so busy trying to sort it out that fear had no time to grow . |
| 8 | You must then use these few seconds of relief from your negative thoughts to employ a more long term means of distraction to prevent the thoughts returning . |
| 9 | First impressions , and they are formed within a few seconds of listening to these headphones , are of an unveiled immediacy , very extended high-frequency response and seamless midrange . |
| 10 | It need only be a few seconds of me singin' or something but you 'd be gettin' straight to a certain type of literate , intelligent audience . |
| 11 | He normally managed this by allowing himself a few seconds of pure indulgence in sensation and then thinking of something neutral for a while and , if this did n't work , something really horrible . |
| 12 | It was certainly slow , but then computers somehow nowadays can take months to turn out a few seconds of screen time . |
| 13 | One might hardly suspect that so simple a task for so few seconds of film could prove so practically trying and , on reflection , so symbolic of our whole chain of adventures , attempting to keep aloft and alive a consecutive string of luminous mirrors against rather ridiculous odds . |
| 14 | It took him no more than a few seconds of the exchange to decide which voice was Kemp 's . |
| 15 | The pain was n't so bad , it was the breathlessness , using all his energy to suck another few seconds of life from a chest that seemed to be wrapped in rusty iron bands . |
| 16 | For a moment , Folly was taken aback , but then she realised that the policeman had probably only seen the last few seconds of their little drama . |
| 17 | After a few seconds of awkward introductions , Zohra excused herself with a promise to be down for cocoa at the usual time , then led Harry upstairs . |
| 18 | Too stunned to be furious , Maggie sat and after a few seconds of close and silent scrutiny Devlin Parnham sat too , facing her across a magnificent Persian rug , with the fire banked as high as if it were mid-winter . |
| 19 | He increased his speed until he was running flat out , buying a few seconds of precious time to allow him to find a good defence position . |
| 20 | The transition from one to the other takes place after a few seconds of observation , is discontinous and can not be stopped at in an intermediate position . |
| 21 | speed of execution — 100 years in the life of a watershed can be simulated in a few seconds of computer time , and |
| 22 | After a few seconds of manoeuvring , Geoffrey gave a small cry of triumph . |
| 23 | Transient UOS relaxations were clustered predominantly into the first few seconds of oesophageal distention consistent with the triggering of transient UOS relaxations reported by Kahrilas et al in adults . |
| 24 | But , after a few seconds of delighting in the feel of her delicate skin on his , he pulled back , and never , as Fabia shyly looked into his dark eyes , had she seen such a joyous expression on a man . |