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Meanings of few seconds in English

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Usage of few seconds in English
1
A few seconds later, a light on the second floor came on.
Proven guilty
2
The entire course of events took no more than a few seconds.
Amberville
3
Let's take a few seconds and remember their words and their actions.
Feminist dot com
4
Probably only a few seconds; I had to trust my alarm system.
Double Dexter
5
She thought about it a few seconds, then said, It's been months.
Murder and salutations
6
At the height of the crisis, texts were arriving every few seconds.
Wired
7
But time was short, and in a few seconds he saw enough.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
8
I rewound a short way and played the last few seconds again.
Engineering Infinity
9
He hit the water sideways and came up a few seconds later.
Climbing Magazine
10
But a few seconds later she hands me a new boarding pass.
Wired
11
Given a few seconds to set, breathe, and squeeze, he never missed.
Hunter's moon: a novel
12
He saw an opportunity and within a few seconds acted on it.
The reversal
13
Listens for a few seconds more and then says, 'Right, okay .
City of lies
14
Within a few seconds he was conscious and aware, ready to operate.
Devil's keep
15
In our last very few seconds, 25 years out, are you optimistic?
Wired
16
It'll also take the phone a few seconds to process the results.
Wired
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