Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] for a [adj] seconds " in BNC.
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1 | Major Tzann thought for a few seconds . |
2 | Lindsey lay for a few seconds , battling with a sense of disorientation , one arm flung over her face as she tried to remember where she was . |
3 | Aggie thought for a few seconds , ‘ You could come and stay with me . ’ |
4 | Horowitz froze for a few seconds . |
5 | Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them . |
6 | Harris paused for a few seconds while he negotiated the cabriolet over some deep ruts in the high road . |
7 | Sister Marcus paused for a few seconds . |
8 | Lorton paused for a few seconds . |
9 | Melissa watched for a few seconds as he worked , apparently impervious to the heat , then turned back to where the others were waiting . |
10 | John thought for a few seconds , |
11 | John stood for a few seconds contemplating the receding lights of the tanker , he dropped the revs on the engine then settled himself . |