Example sentences of "[prep] just [art] few seconds " in BNC.
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| 1 | For just a few seconds she stood petrified ; then , taking a deep , shuddering breath , she ran down the entry and into Lyra Street . |
| 2 | For just a few seconds , Lucinda hesitated ; for just long enough to take in the shock of white hair , the lined , weather-worn face and the tremendous size of him . |
| 3 | Kleiman suggested that this was because his shadowing task had occupied space in the readers ' " working memory " — a kind of short-term memory useful in retaining numbers and words for just a few seconds . |
| 4 | A period of just a few seconds was allowed for recall and if they could recall only one or two letters the subjects were asked to specify their position in the sequence . |
| 5 | In just a few seconds Rob would be talking to her and it would be all right . |
| 6 | Yet , when the time comes for a hermit crab to change shell , having outgrown its present one , it can accomplish the change over in just a few seconds . |
| 7 | In just the few seconds that it took Roebuck to de-rail Shelford , a whole new Marty Roebuck fan club was born . |