Example sentences of "i [verb] for [art] moment [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stop for a moment at my gate and look up at the windows of my house . |
| 2 | I focus for a moment on one arch carved into the Redwall limestone . |
| 3 | Past more bushes now , I stand for a moment on the edge of a sacred area , which I share with the rabbits for which it is home . |
| 4 | I listened at length to her story , then I talked for a moment about the unshakeable fact of the resurrection , about the city where God will wipe away every tear . |
| 5 | Her hair was fair , so that I thought for a moment of the other woman I had met recently , Elizabeth Lavenza . |
| 6 | When I came back , I went to the children 's room , to see if they needed me , and I listened for a moment at their door . |
| 7 | I hesitated for a moment on the stairs , turned round and tried to look at some of them , to see if there was a familiar face , a suspicious or suspecting face , a face I could place , a face that could … |
| 8 | I return for a moment to the link between pre-school education and the later propensity towards crime . |
| 9 | I wondered for a moment about this strange near-miss , and what a trout might be doing crossing the road , until I saw a fisherman standing aside , who can only have dropped his slippery catch on the roadway and was waiting to recapture it . |
| 10 | I wondered for a moment at the intricate patterns of life . |