Example sentences of "[verb] for [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 He walked once , twice round the table on the dais , pausing for a few seconds behind each chair .
3 Hold for a few seconds before repeating two or three times .
4 He played for a few seconds with the animal 's jewelled collar then turned his eyes on me .
5 Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes .
6 And there it teetered for a few seconds before finally toppling over and falling with a sharp tinkle on to the desk-top .
7 The old woman ducked quickly back into her soft cave , to linger for a few seconds by the animal .
8 He paused for a few seconds before proceeding .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 He looked expectantly at Sarah , but she sat for a few seconds before speaking .
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