Example sentences of "[noun] a [adj] moments " in BNC.
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| 1 | Covered from neck to knee in a thick towelling robe , she swept back into the bedroom a few moments later . |
| 2 | I told myself I could live with the thought of having just a small part of your life and love , but when you put it into words a few moments ago I could see how awful it would have been . |
| 3 | ‘ After we had prayed together in tears and heartbreak a few moments … 1 then dipped my finger in water and , as the priest to my own babe at such a moment , touching the little forehead in the sign of our redemption , said : ' ‘ I baptise thee Mary Salome , in the name of the Lord Jesus , of the Father and of the Holy Ghost . ' ’ |
| 4 | At one point , when the cab driver crashed a late amber light , Manville thought he had shaken off his pursuer , only to identify the vehicle a few moments later as it re-emerged from another side-street . |
| 5 | Mrs Porter herself answered the question a few moments later . |
| 6 | He called me into his room a few moments ago and said he was leaving . |
| 7 | Rose demanded , running out to her in bewilderment a few moments later . |
| 8 | But they reached the shore a few moments before Lucenzo . |
| 9 | ‘ Has Eleanor gone ? ’ asked Julius 's voice a few moments later . |
| 10 | When the door of the pub slammed shut behind Minter a few moments later , he sighed with relief and took a lengthy gulp at his beer . |
| 11 | When the news was broadcast on Teheran radio a few moments later , the city erupted in joy . |
| 12 | Madam Deputy Speaker : As the hon. Gentleman knows , the hon. Member for Linlithgow ( Mr. Dalyell ) raised a point of order on that matter a few moments ago — but as the hon. Member for Falkirk , East represents the constituency concerned , it is understandable that he wants to raise it again , and in a most helpful manner . |
| 13 | We had arrived in Uulaa 's system a few moments before , and as we drifted down to planetary speed I 'd contacted Frejji on the comm . |
| 14 | Now in this respect , of course , twenty-five years is rather a short time in the life of a university , and a good deal of this time has been spent in building up a research base , and now , as you mentioned in your erm remarks a few moments ago , Andrew , we have an enviable research record in a very wide range of disciplines . |
| 15 | For Gloucester jockey Peter Scudamore a few moments of solitude and silence . |
| 16 | Having left Scratchwood a few moments after the other vehicle , the mustard-coloured van , its roof rack carrying a decorator 's ladder , also turned off at Junction 4 , but then picked up the Uxbridge road before turning south towards Harrow-on-the-Hill and the home of Beth and Ali Christie . |
| 17 | The woman and three children were now laughing and I was pleased about that , as they had looked scared stiff when I entered their house a few moments before . |
| 18 | As Patrick and Senga strolled into the house a few moments later , Katherine suddenly heard her son sneeze explosively . |
| 19 | The highlight is ‘ Nhan Tin ’ ( or missing persons ) , which gives individual inmates a few moments to appeal to relatives living in America , Canada or Australia . |