11.   Unfortunately, this can take several seconds and can be embarrassing if your program is time conscious.

12.   It took a second for the words to sink home, but when they did she jerked her head back and swatted his hand away.

13.   It took a second for what he meant to sink home, then Fran felt colour suffuse her face.

14.   While the first statement is no doubt true, the second must be taken with a pinch of salt.

15.   In this way he looked like defending it, though it would have taken only seconds to turn their guns in the opposite direction.

16.   Although traffic was nearly at a standstill, he took a few seconds to brush the dirt off the flag.

17.   An outlet sale can thus take seconds, while a phone sale can take three minutes or more.

18.   Anything that the parent says will only take a second ends up taking several minutes.

19.   At the Thrifty Drug Store on Century Boulevard, the exchange took seconds.

20.   Bandwidth deals that used to take months to close will take seconds.