Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] few second " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 Heat the oil in a small frying pan and fry the turmeric for a few seconds . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | An estimate of numbers was impossible in the few seconds available at the pause , but on the return journey , about an hour later , something had awakened them and a most spectacular aerial display was in progress — the two species had reacted differently to whatever had disturbed their siesta — the lapwing wheeling erratically just above ground level , but the ‘ goldies ’ in ever-changing smoke-like clouds high above , performing quick-change evolutions reminiscent of starlings going to roost . |
| 4 | The barman brought over their hot toddies and Roy was glad of the few seconds ' reprieve . |
| 5 | The sound of the gun silenced the Chinese for a few seconds , then a lone woman 's voice began wailing again and the Shermans saw a thin ragged body forced up against the underside of the grille . |
| 6 | 10 October , 1903 RAYMOND ASQUITH writes to Lady Manners from Aberdeenshire : ‘ We had a storm yesterday and went out to watch the waves : I ventured too far out onto a rock and was knocked flat on my face against a granite floor by one of the biggest rollers ever seen on this coast : I never felt such a blow ; luckily I fell in a crevice and was n't washed away ; but I was stunned for a few seconds , and when I got up my face and knee were streaming with blood . |
| 7 | Dull with pain and shock , they were unfocused for a few seconds . |
| 8 | The two men , Executioner and challenger , stood motionless for a few seconds , each weighing up the opponent he would now face in a fight to the death . |
| 9 | She lay there in the faint moonlit darkness , her face wet from crying , her pulse-rate frantic , completely disorientated for a few seconds . |
| 10 | The crowded church was silent for a few seconds at these words no citizen of Decin had ever heard before . |
| 11 | Margaret was silent for a few seconds . |
| 12 | This makes the hollow stem go rubbery for a few seconds , but then it just stiffens up straight as it cools . |