Example sentences of "[noun sg] in a few seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , a large-scale and long-period phenomenon such as the movement of tectonic plates can lead to local stress accumulation and to its release by an earthquake in a few seconds and with highly local effects . |
| 2 | Child reading profiles , detailing work done , books read , skills learned , spellings known and test scores , would be printed by the computer in a few seconds . |
| 3 | There are enough accounts of Blenheim operations to put things into historical perspective , while the detailed description of the restoration project enables one to understand how mortified all felt when human error undid years of endeavour in a few seconds . |
| 4 | My wife got scared as I went from a nice healthy rosy red colour to sheet white in a few seconds : - ( . |
| 5 | Hazel covered the distance down the slope in a few seconds . |