Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mitch knelt beside her as she lay for a moment on the ground . |
| 2 | ‘ I had no idea it was so beautiful around here , ’ Lisa murmured as they paused for a moment on a promontory to admire the view that stretched out before them . |
| 3 | Their grey sandy fur was ruffed out for warmth and occasionally he saw the snarl of their teeth as they turned for a moment on each other in play . |
| 4 | It 's a very personal way of thinking and writing which we have encountered several times already , and which now , twenty-seven years after that letter to his brother , appears most insistently with Raskolnikov as he Paused for a moment to take breath , to collect himself , and to enter as a man ’ and tell the police who it was killed the old money-lender and her sister . |
| 5 | Sparks flew from the end of his cigarette as he leaned for a moment on the fork . |
| 6 | A glint of bright intelligence appeared in Cyril Causeley 's eyes as he stopped for a moment in his upward progress , and looked down at Greg : ‘ Ah , well — in this business you have to see the way the wind is blowing . |