1.   I, for my part, would take the second of the two roads.

2.   It took a few seconds for her eyes to adjust to the darkness.

3.   It took them seconds to pull themselves together and reorganize themselves.

4.   Once the software is loaded and the user sends his or her bank account number, writing checks takes only seconds.

5.   Out from behind a petrol pump appeared a figure that was female, though it took a few seconds to realise it.

6.   Removing a plug of turf with the planter and replacing it with a pot-grown cowslip takes seconds.

7.   The lead-in to a news item should only take a few seconds.

8.   Large volumes of small files may take a few seconds to be processed by the HC VERIFIER.

9.   She takes several seconds to sniff up the whole of the line.