Example sentences of "[prep] a few seconds [pron] was " in BNC.

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1 For a few seconds it was like a country church and Soapy remembered other , happier days .
2 For a few seconds she was transfixed by the speed of his action and the total unexpectedness of his assault plus a shocked awareness that she was more mentally revolted by his action than she was physically .
3 For a few seconds he was too shocked to speak and Rebecque assumed that the silence merely expressed Sharpe 's horror at being ordered to a ball , but then the Rifleman exploded with his news .
4 For a few seconds I was left shell shocked but I was quickly brought to my senses after seeing the broken rig .
5 For a few seconds there was no sound but the ever present atmospheric rumblings .
6 Within a few seconds he was dead .
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