Sentence examples for seconds to work from inspiring English sources

Actually, it takes less than two minutes and 51 seconds to work this out.

When I get to the ring, I give myself 15-20 seconds to work my opponent out.

Adults will need a few seconds to work out the optical illusion that the house presents (children seem to grasp it immediately).

Tory MPs took several seconds to work out that in 2005 the country was groaning under the yoke of an evil Labour government and that Miliband was criticising it.

He was about halfway through the group of 144 cardinals bidding farewell to the retiring pontiff in the Vatican's Clementine Hall, and he had about 15 seconds to work with before a papal staff member would gently nudge him along.

Now this might seem hasty but it's a fact that it takes me about 10 seconds to work out whether I am attracted to someone: 20 years of dating have never revealed a boyfriend who 'grew on me'.

/ Can you give me a second to work on it?

He is not the first to work the system and push pop imagery.

My grandfather came first, to work on the East African railroad.

Before one practice, Brown arrived first, to work on tipping pucks.

The highest level was to teach; second, to work for government; third, sully your hands in the business world.