Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few moments " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the few moments in which she paused in her ascent to the church she reflected that now she was looking at the view the other way round ; now she was in one of the overcrowded little alleys visible from San Martino as merely a crack in a vast expanse of roof tiles and crumbling masonry and noticeable from that lofty vantage point because of the fluttering of the washing hung out on poles over the street to dry . |
| 2 | After a few moments she was saying very natural and quite irritable ‘ ouches ’ when Phoebe prodded too hard . |
| 3 | After a few moments we realize why . |
| 4 | After a few moments her voice grew louder , and she started to shout at her mother . |
| 5 | After a few moments she said , ‘ My God , I think he 's dead . ’ |
| 6 | He was looking directly at Bridges , but Bridges looked imperturbably back , and after a few moments of heavy silence Kegan coughed and returned to the paper in his hand . |
| 7 | I asked him to write down what he liked about the skinhead style and , after a few moments ' thought , he dashed off the above . |
| 8 | After a few moments a truce was arranged . |
| 9 | After a few moments , the receipt and change , if any , came speeding back , arriving with a clang and the ring of a bell above the counter . |
| 10 | After a few moments which allowed her to gather her thoughts , she replied in a quiet , even voice : |
| 11 | Manville asked , after a few moments of silence . |
| 12 | Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area . |
| 13 | After a few moments he returned . |
| 14 | The strange , rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by . |
| 15 | Hazel peered closely into the thick , coarse hair ( a rabbit 's foot has no pads ) and after a few moments saw what he had expected — the oval shank Of a snapped-off thorn sticking out through the skin . |
| 16 | After a few moments the professor himself appears from a doorway . |
| 17 | I did n't quite close the door , and after a few moments I could hear her footsteps walking briskly past . |
| 18 | After a few moments of uncomfortable silence , she said stubbornly , ‘ If you denigrate my life 's work , you shall not profit by it unless you apologize to me , Clare . ’ |
| 19 | After a few moments : ‘ We stop now , ’ she said . |
| 20 | ‘ I can see that you 're a trifle overcome , ’ he said after a few moments . |
| 21 | After a few moments he said calmly , ‘ Now , Jane , be sensible . |
| 22 | After a few moments , a man entered , his face set in a grim expression that , while not malicious , certainly did n't show any sign of sympathy for their cause . |
| 23 | After a few moments he began walking , pausing once to look up at the grand facade of the Shelbourne . |
| 24 | After a few moments the snuffles and grunts were overlaid by a voice explaining in sympathetically conspiratorial tones that we were listening to the sounds made by mating koalas in the Pilliga Nature Reserve in New South Wales . |
| 25 | After a few moments , she realized that if she half closed the filters across the starsuit helmet she could cut out at least some of the light . |
| 26 | When , after a few moments , no further miracles were forthcoming , she moved on . |
| 27 | He disappeared into the stable and after a few moments I peeped inside . |
| 28 | After a few moments , Mrs Sweet returned with a bottle , poured two substantial gins , added tonic and proffered a glass . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's good , ’ she said after a few moments . |
| 30 | After a few moments , the dancers from the previous number could be seen filing out from behind the golden curtain , having exited on the far side of the stage ; their faces were slack and tired , their breathing hard . |