Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | You mentioned Scott a moment ago , and Scott is certainly a profound influence on American fiction in the erm earlier part of the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | The maximum diameter of this window , at the equator , is about 150° of longitude — so for the satellite to be able , say , to ‘ see ’ Singapore on the very western periphery of what one might call ‘ the economists ’ Pacific' — a definition we will consider m- a moment — its window must end in the east somewhere near the longitude of Mexico City . |
| 3 | Lehmann studied Kustow a moment , noting the strange mixture of awe and antagonism in his blunt , almost rectangular face . |
| 4 | Karr studied Ebert a moment , knowing for certain now that Haavikko had told the truth about him , then he nodded . |
| 5 | Li Yuan studied Spatz a moment longer , then closed the file . |
| 6 | Betty made him a cup of tea and sat among the cut lengths of gleaming copper and strong-toothed tools conducting a little chat , which afforded Lydia a moment 's amusement since Betty was adjusting her conversation to suit a person of low intelligence and the people of the valley were , on the whole , clever , devious and unusually literate . |
| 7 | Although he had not recognized her immediately Fleury had noticed Chloe a moment earlier as she came trotting into the clearing ; since he had last set eyes on her Chloe 's golden curls had grown foul and matted and in places mange had already begun to remove them ; a cloud of flies followed her and every few yards she stopped to scratch . |
| 8 | It took Doyle a moment to establish that fact . |
| 9 | It took Donna a moment or two to realize that it had been activated by some kind of electric eye . |
| 10 | Since she felt as though someone had physically kicked her in the stomach , it took Shannon a moment or two to get the words out . |
| 11 | It took Zen a moment to see what Bartocci was getting at . |
| 12 | As he turned away , it took Ronni a moment to catch her breath and get her eyes back into focus . |
| 13 | It took Helen a moment or two to realise the affairs of the village Brownie pack were under discussion . |
| 14 | It took Anna a moment to identify the name . |