Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for [art] [adj] seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sticky Block — Holds you for a few seconds . |
| 2 | Hold it for a few seconds , maybe five , then release it . |
| 3 | ‘ You know the heat is off , Ruth , ’ he told her , his eyes catching hers and holding them for a few seconds . |
| 4 | Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth . |
| 5 | It 's so incongruous it stuns me for a few seconds . |
| 6 | That stumped her for a few seconds , then she opened the door to the hallway for me . |
| 7 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 8 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
| 9 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 10 | Gradually it became possible to stop her for a few seconds , and then to ask her to start walking again before her anxiety rose and she reared . |
| 11 | Lisa struck a pose of melodramatic fervour and held it for a few seconds before slumping back in her seat . |