Example sentences of "[verb] there a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just wait there a moment . ’ |
| 2 | Wait there a moment , I 'll go and ask him . ’ |
| 3 | He let his gaze rest there a moment . |
| 4 | Bill sits there a moment . |
| 5 | I was so angry with them all that I could not stay there a moment longer , and rushed out into the darkness . |
| 6 | He goes down to his estate and does n't stay there a moment , we call in at Luxor and he does n't want to go ashore . |
| 7 | Until then she had managed to keep the tears from falling , but now they overflowed , and , unable to sit there a moment longer , she jumped up , stifling her sobs in her hand as she rushed from the room . |
| 8 | Harry felt his way backwards to the wall , out of range of the searching eyes , and leaned there a moment to breathe more easily . |
| 9 | Li Yuan sat there a moment longer , thinking over the satisfactions of the last few days , recollecting the great feeling of ch'i , of pure energy , he had experienced in dealing with these matters . |
| 10 | He crouched there a moment , watching him . |
| 11 | Meg stood there a moment , staring at the journal , wondering what it said , knowing Ben would tell her when he wanted to . |
| 12 | She stood there a moment , suddenly aware of how still he was . |
| 13 | She stood there a moment , looking out across the pre-dawn darkness of the spaceport , barely conscious of the passengers pushing by , knowing that this was probably the last view she would ever have of City Europe — the City in which she had spent her whole life . |
| 14 | He stood there a moment , not certain what to do , then let instinct take over . |
| 15 | Li Shai Tung stood there a moment , his arm outstretched , one hand resting against the door frame as he got his breath . |
| 16 | ’ He stood there a moment longer , watching her , then turned and made his way back along the path towards the house . |
| 17 | Kim stood there a moment longer , staring up at the old man . |
| 18 | Lehmann stood there a moment longer at the one-way mirror , then turned back , looking at DeVore . |