Example sentences of "[art] few seconds " in BNC.
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| 31 | Usually it will be only for a few seconds , but it is the ability to do it instantly on demand that is so important . |
| 32 | If you are knocked out for longer than a few seconds , you should report to your doctor as soon as possible after the competition . |
| 33 | But when the edge had dulled it was no problem and on the harder wood a burn mark could be left in a few seconds if very little pressure was applied with the cutter just spinning on the surface . |
| 34 | Even on a bad day he is worth watching , for a few seconds of his lightning , elegant attacks eclipses an evening of mauling aggression . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | A few seconds later there was a loud explosion in a hedgerow just off the road , a short distance away . |
| 37 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
| 38 | A few seconds later her face had gone , as the cloud changed shape then disappeared . |
| 39 | Now and again one zooms over about tree-top height but soon disappears , followed a few seconds later by Allied fighters . |
| 40 | There was a hush for a few seconds then a roar from the French civilians , men , women and children , ‘ Encore , encore , encore , Tommy . ’ |
| 41 | It must have been all over in a few seconds . |
| 42 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 43 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 44 | The French Commandos have the heavy baseplate out of the ground and the mortar assembled and in action in what seems like a few seconds . |
| 45 | About fifty or sixty yards away on the right-band side of the road a mortar bomb burst in the hedgerow , followed a few seconds later by four German soldiers carrying automatic weapons jumping from the hedgerow and scampering along the road . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | He stood there slightly bent for a few seconds holding his stomach and then he staggered and slowly fell to the floor . |
| 49 | For a few seconds I was left shell shocked but I was quickly brought to my senses after seeing the broken rig . |
| 50 | While the first group of dogs feeds — it takes just a few seconds for them to finish the bowls , right down to the lick clean — I huff on my fingers , more hopefully than knowingly . |
| 51 | A bemused Southall found himself cautioned for time-wasting and a few seconds later had to pick the ball out of the net . |
| 52 | It looked as though Spurs had regained their self-respect a few seconds later when the England striker appeared to net a Samways cross , but in fact Tranmere 's full-back Higgins had put the ball past his goalkeeper . |
| 53 | Melt the butter , add the flour and cook for a few seconds , then gradually add the milk , straining it into the roux mixture . |
| 54 | Cook the roux paste for a few seconds , then gradually add the milk . |
| 55 | Add the brandy to the meat juices and heat for a few seconds before igniting . |
| 56 | Heat the oil in a large frying pan , add the garlic and cook for a few seconds . |
| 57 | Add the flour and cook for a few seconds , then remove the pan from the heat and add the soured cream and the egg yolks . |
| 58 | Bottlenose dolphins have a heart rate of 80–90 beats per minute just after ‘ blowing ’ , slowing within a few seconds to 33–45 beats per minute and remaining at that rate until the next blow . |
| 59 | On surfacing , the rate again speeds up , generally remaining at the higher level until the carbon dioxide content of the exhaled air has returned to normal — usually in a few seconds . |
| 60 | There was no answer , only silence again , followed a few seconds later by the crashing sound . |