Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] few seconds [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must not brown , but should be left to bubble for a few seconds before being removed from the heat and left to settle . |
| 2 | In the final phase of the experiment , the buzzer ( a conditioned stimulus ) sounded and the dog salivated after a few seconds without the presence of any meat powder ( conditioned response ) . |
| 3 | He walked once , twice round the table on the dais , pausing for a few seconds behind each chair . |
| 4 | Hold for a few seconds before repeating two or three times . |
| 5 | He played for a few seconds with the animal 's jewelled collar then turned his eyes on me . |
| 6 | Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes . |
| 7 | Bottlenose dolphins have a heart rate of 80–90 beats per minute just after ‘ blowing ’ , slowing within a few seconds to 33–45 beats per minute and remaining at that rate until the next blow . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And there it teetered for a few seconds before finally toppling over and falling with a sharp tinkle on to the desk-top . |
| 10 | speed of execution — 100 years in the life of a watershed can be simulated in a few seconds of computer time , and |
| 11 | The old woman ducked quickly back into her soft cave , to linger for a few seconds by the animal . |
| 12 | He paused for a few seconds before proceeding . |
| 13 | You will be able to see the lush green streamer weed swaying in the current , and if you look carefully , letting your eyes adjust to the movement of the current and weed , preferably with the use of polaroid spectacles , you may see one or more black shapes that suddenly emerge from under the green ribbon , hover for a few seconds in the open water and then just as suddenly disappear back into the weed . |
| 14 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 15 | The decapitated head spun like a ball in the air , lips still moving ; his trunk stood for a few seconds in its own fountain of hot red gore before crashing on to the blood-stained ice . |
| 16 | He looked expectantly at Sarah , but she sat for a few seconds before speaking . |