Example sentences of "seconds [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within seconds each man was twisting and skidding away from the attackers . |
| 2 | Turn down the heat so that the water simmers gently , and poach spoonfuls of meringue in this for about 60 seconds each side . |
| 3 | He dipped the flannel in the water and bathed the swollen joint not once but many times , leaving the flannel wrapped around it for long seconds each time . |
| 4 | A CRUMBLING network the size of Belgium ; 2.7 million passengers a day ; the average Londoner 's travelling time to work 52 minutes and rising by several seconds each week . |
| 5 | Using a SUN Sparc 4/75 computer with 48 MBytes of memory , the syntax analyser requires just 0.4 seconds of CPU time ( 3.6 seconds real time ) to process 521 written words , for which there were on average 10 alternatives for each word . |
| 6 | This four frame sequence is equivalent to 20 seconds real time thus giving a contractile frequency of 3 per minute , the reported maximum rate in man . |
| 7 | They were four-and-three-quarter inches long , and would fit onto most machines , but gave only a few seconds extra time . |
| 8 | The running time for a twenty-minute sound tape , for instance , might vary by several seconds either way at each playing depending on the quality of the machine . |
| 9 | After a few seconds all movement ceased and silence returned to the glade . |
| 10 | I know it was like that when we had it , well all these mugs that you get from the petrol station are all seconds any way |
| 11 | It 'll be three minutes and thirty-seven seconds any second now … . ’ |
| 12 | After about five seconds silent embarrassment like only that schoolkid knows , we both break it by saying , ‘ Sorry , ’ together . |
| 13 | The 17-year-old , £35-a-week apprentice engineer , who won the AAA 's under-17 100 metres hurdles in a record time of 12.9 seconds last year , said : ‘ I am bitterly disappointed to be rejected by two local authorities . |