Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a few second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas it is obvious that the launch must be abandoned anywhere near the ground , halfway up the launch it is reasonable to hold on for a few seconds to see if the speed picks up again . |
| 2 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 3 | Some people do n't mind answering machines , I must say , I 'm beginning to get used to them now , I think the problem is that it sort of wrong-foots you , so you get an answering machine , and think ‘ Oh my God ’ , and you know that in about a few seconds time , when you hear that bleep , you 've got to give a concise message which will be intelligible to the person when they replay it , so instead of coming out with sort of babble , you 're forced into thinking what the essence of the message is that you want to leave . |
| 4 | But Dreadnought , let alone all her other weak places , had been holed amidships by a baulk of timber , and before long the water poured into her with a sound like a sigh and she went down in a few seconds . |
| 5 | It must have been all over in a few seconds . |
| 6 | It was over in a few seconds . |
| 7 | It is possible that I even dozed off for a few seconds , exhausted by the day 's work . |
| 8 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
| 9 | ‘ It 'll switch itself off in a few seconds . ’ |
| 10 | A few stragglers kept it up for a few seconds , then there was nothing . |
| 11 | I made a mental effort to visualise his new house , to create some mind picture , but gave up after a few seconds . |
| 12 | The effect takes more than 10ms to develop and can last for up to a few seconds . |
| 13 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |
| 14 | No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing . |
| 15 | The disk will whizz around for a few seconds , and then you get the rows of statistics . |