Example sentences of "[prep] a few seconds [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few seconds she glanced at her watch in disgust . |
| 2 | It was followed by a silence so fraught with regret on Luce 's part that after a few seconds she had to admit the truth . |
| 3 | After a few seconds she focused on the crude childish characters , |
| 4 | Gina started scanning the documents , then after a few seconds she gasped , |
| 5 | After a few seconds she drew it down again and strained her ears . |
| 6 | After a few seconds it cut out completely . |
| 7 | Luke had tensed as she touched him , and after a few seconds he flung her hand off , the violence of the gesture silencing her abruptly . |
| 8 | After a few seconds he looked like a Dark Age warlord in mid campaign , in mid mop-up , on mired mountaintop , taking a glazed breather before moving on to the women and children . |
| 9 | For a few seconds they encouraged the dogs to sniff and lick the blood — to reaffirm their hunting instinct — then , shouting and waving their arms , they sent them scurrying back to the shadows to wait for bones and other bits of debris . |
| 10 | For a few seconds she knew a stab of fear , and then she looked into his eyes and the fear disappeared . |
| 11 | For a few seconds she recoiled from him , her eyes dilated with horror . |
| 12 | For a few seconds she thought her outburst had fallen on deaf ears , then Rune said softly , ‘ Yes , of course , you 're right . |
| 13 | Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends ! |
| 14 | For a few seconds she felt the bony weight of her grandmother on top of her and smelt the sickly powder she used ; then Nana struggled upright , her breath rasping painfully in her throat , and pulled a thick length of bamboo from its hiding place behind her dressing table . |
| 15 | Grainne blinked and shook her head , because just for a few seconds she had seen with dreadful clarity the Dark Ireland , the Evil Realm , the world of malevolence and malignancy . |
| 16 | For a few seconds she found her eyes trapped in that unnervingly steady gaze . |
| 17 | She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin . |
| 18 | Then for a few seconds he said nothing . |
| 19 | For a few seconds he stared at me , still grinning and blinking . |
| 20 | For a few seconds he did n't speak , and just watched us . |
| 21 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 22 | Bellybutton was McIllvanney 's foreman , and for a few seconds I dared hope that he had come to help us , but instead he told me that one of the bareboat thirty-three-footers was in trouble . |
| 23 | Within a few seconds they had all vanished into tiny , black holes . |
| 24 | In a few seconds she felt better and raised her head , her eyes enormous in her pale face . |