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 .
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