Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few second [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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1 | For a few second I was n't sure which side had won . |
2 | For a few seconds it was like a country church and Soapy remembered other , happier days . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | For a few seconds I was left shell shocked but I was quickly brought to my senses after seeing the broken rig . |
6 | She was stitching the holes Rosie had managed to rip in the seat of his pants in the few seconds they were in her possession . |
7 | ‘ You 're safe now — only another step or two ! ’ they heard Chuck call out , and within a few seconds they were both thankfully flinging their arms round the firm , strongly rooted trunks of the saplings on the ridge . |
8 | Within a few seconds he was dead . |