Example sentences of "and for a brief [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had never seen fear more clearly written on human faces and for a brief second he was puzzled . |
| 2 | A strong hand stayed her fall and for a brief instant she was flung against Fen 's chest , his heartbeat quite audible as her breathing seemed suspended . |
| 3 | In that same instant , the other man turned his head to face him , and for a brief moment their eyes met and locked in a bond of mutual hate . |
| 4 | She totally childish and not something that somebody in the twentieth century should waste their waste , their time with , and for a brief moment I felt the moral force of Sigmund Freud as through his daughter and of course psychologically this makes sense because I 'm quite sure her superego was modelled on her father 's . |
| 5 | These people were dangerous in their fury , and for a brief moment he knew the terror of the threat of physical attack , and he looked over his shoulder for an escape route . |