Example sentences of "[vb past] for a few seconds [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He played for a few seconds with the animal 's jewelled collar then turned his eyes on me . |
| 2 | And there it teetered for a few seconds before finally toppling over and falling with a sharp tinkle on to the desk-top . |
| 3 | He paused for a few seconds before proceeding . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He looked expectantly at Sarah , but she sat for a few seconds before speaking . |