Example sentences of "seconds later [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Jess was not to hear the rumours or have a chance to ask what a syndicate was , because Sally and Salt came back , and seconds later a rather rosy Mrs Stocks reappeared clutching two bottles of brandy . |
| 2 | Six seconds later a loud ‘ break-up ’ noise was recorded on the cockpit voice recorder and the aircraft nosed down violently , diving into the ground at an angle of 500 . |
| 3 | A few seconds later a second flock was seen at a higher level and directly in the aircraft 's flight path . |
| 4 | The word OPEN appeared on the screen , and two seconds later a shuddering vibration began beneath her feet . |
| 5 | A few seconds later a smug , exhausted man in an impeccable business suit went staggering past . |
| 6 | The bulky weapon bucked in his hand , and seconds later a brilliant crimson star flared into life high in the night sky overhead . |
| 7 | Seconds later an empty train travelling away from London ran into the wreckage . |
| 8 | A few seconds later the glider is unstalled and can be brought level and back to normal flight with the normal use of the controls . |
| 9 | A few seconds later the pipes are assembled and I enter the town playing Highland Laddie , not at the front of the column , but bringing up the rear . |
| 10 | Seconds later the referee sent off Red Star 's Milos Drizic and Cologne 's Uwe Rahn for fighting . |
| 11 | She rang the bell , and a few seconds later the bent , withered figure of Jamie Shepherd appeared . |
| 12 | Seconds later the line was dead . |
| 13 | Both aircraft acknowledged simultaneously , but because the DC-10 was much closer to London Radar 's VHF receiver mast its call totally drowned out the Concorde 's call , and seconds later the Concorde , climbing without clearance , flew through the flight path of and narrowly missed , a Twin Otter . |
| 14 | Seconds later the two rafts following behind hit the same spot and the Minister is taking his chances in the river along with everyone else . |
| 15 | A few seconds later the banging was answered by two sharp thuds . |
| 16 | Seconds later the door opened again . |
| 17 | I hear the front door of the flat open and close , then a few seconds later the door to my room opens . |
| 18 | Shapes moved against the drawn curtains of the room beyond , and a few seconds later the girl came forward into the light . |
| 19 | A few seconds later the finger stopped moving and the man turned round the book to face Dexter . |
| 20 | Seconds later the muezzin of a hundred Delhi mosques called the Faithful to prayer with a loud cry of ‘ Allaaaaah hu-Akbar ! ’ |
| 21 | Seconds later the patrol was told the van was a ringer as the owner and his van were still at home . |
| 22 | A few seconds later the doors at the far end of the room opened and a man in a white jacket pushed a laden trolley into the room . |
| 23 | They both nodded , and seconds later the door closed behind them . |
| 24 | He leaned forward , saying something to Jesus , and seconds later the car drew to a halt in a lay-by . |
| 25 | Seconds later the police , county ambulance and fire crews arrived and the process of transporting the passengers to the ambulances began . |
| 26 | It was quite funny yesterday , because , he , when I went out in the garden there was a football nestling in the rose bushes , I heaved it back over the fence , thirty seconds later the two boys came roaring out of the house , and about thirty seconds after that |