Example sentences of "i [verb] for [art] moment [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them . |
| 2 | At the top of the stairs I turned for a moment and found out . |
| 3 | I thought for a moment that I had come second ; I had n't seen Ben at all . |
| 4 | I thought for a moment that she had been re-reading " Das Kapital " in her spare time , but I suspect that it was all a charade . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought for a moment that you 'd run out on me . ’ |
| 6 | I thought for a moment that he was going to beat me . |
| 7 | I thought for a moment and came up with a suggestion that he should give some sort of honour , an OBE or the like , to the cricketer Basil D'Oliveira , who had been shabbily treated by the South African government . |
| 8 | Realizing what they represented , he added quickly , ‘ Not that I think for a moment that you … though , of course , ’ he floundered ever deeper , ‘ naturally , a man like , you , presentable and so forth , you probably have several … ’ |
| 9 | I wondered for a moment whether I was dreaming , and then silently gave thanks . |
| 10 | A doctor sometimes sees people with a different eye from other people , and I wondered for a moment whether , despite her beauty and her apparently special position on the island , she was really happy . |
| 11 | I wondered for a moment if he was dead drunk ; but I fancy not . " |