Example sentences of "a few seconds before " in BNC.

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1	Dana felt so sick , he went straight back to bed , but had been there only a few seconds before he leapt out with a scream of agony : an autumnal , sleepy wasp had been brought in by the chambermaid among the bedclothes which had been airing at the window and had stung my friend on the bottom !
2	The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark .
3	They back off six inches and then charge like two bulls , with the female grasping the male by the bottom lip for a few seconds before he escapes .
4	It was only a few seconds before he hit a cul de sac and jumped out .
5	It was a few seconds before she realised that it was coming from her .
6	Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them .
7	The pump ‘ pinned us there for a few seconds before the other lads got it off ’ .
8	For a few seconds before you die , you 'll know what it was made us get rough with you . ’
9	Cliff , the concrete contractor , and Tessa , the schoolteacher , were flipped off the paddle boat in a suck hole and held underwater by the boiling currents for a few seconds before their life-jackets brought them spluttering to the surface .
10	The horizon was a dark terracotta colour , the top of the dying sun just visible for a few seconds before it dropped out of sight and the sky doused the remaining light like a heavy black blanket .
11	He had only a few seconds before the postman came into sight through the trees above the road .
12	He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting .
13	It took a few seconds before she realised that he had pulled himself away from her .
14	The touch of cynicism struck a slightly sour note , but it lasted only a few seconds before the teasing tone was back .
15	I saw the rolled-up rug under the workbench and it was a few seconds before I realized that she was n't inside it any more .

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