Example sentences of "in seconds [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | In seconds she found herself arranged carefully within the circle of fitzAlan 's good arm , her head cradled on his shoulder , and the blanket and cloak wrapped snugly around her . |
2 | Jack chucked her her helmet , stowed the emergency gear and fired up his bike , and in seconds she was clinging on behind him as the sirens wailed and they took off through the car park as if the hounds of hell were after them . |
3 | In seconds he was completely hidden , his hear pounding against his ribs and the fingers of his uninjured hand still grasping his precious newspaper . |
4 | In seconds he found himself hovering over a group of them which swayed this way and that beneath him in the dark , not nice and firm like the dead branch set in his cage . |
5 | In seconds he was alone . |
6 | At once he was contrite , and in seconds he was hurrying her to his car . |
7 | It was going like the wind , as it always did , and in seconds it had passed the box exactly on time , rushing on to Bradley Fold No 3 signal . |
8 | In seconds I 'm over my head in stinking nest , my feet still not touching the bottom . |