Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julie eyed him suspiciously for a moment . |
| 2 | The Gaijin rode on for a moment . |
| 3 | She was asked to hang on for a moment . |
| 4 | I 'm just going to put the video on for a moment Thank you . |
| 5 | I think you expect me to spell everything out , oh , just hang on for a moment will you Barbara , fine . |
| 6 | ‘ And the château had become anathema to him , ’ she went on after a moment . |
| 7 | ‘ No , cara , ’ he went on after a moment , ‘ a Taurus man is n't the right mate for you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ There 's Briar Cottage , ’ Joan said uneasily after a moment 's consideration . |
| 9 | ‘ I think I should like a change , ’ she said slowly after a moment . |
| 10 | Raising a hand , Vitor clasped her chin in his long fingers and held her almost fiercely for a moment . |
| 11 | He pondered gloomily for a moment , then with an effort stretched himself as if climbing into an uncomfortable Sunday suit , and gave judgement . |
| 12 | The politician is the organ of society for having its cake and eating it , for escaping , if only for a moment , if only through a form of art — art is , after all , a means of escape — from the grimness of reality , from this grim fact that you ca n't have the cake and eat it , that you ca n't have public expenditure increased in excess of the rate of increase of the national product , unless private claims are correspondingly surrendered . |
| 13 | But it was only for a moment . |
| 14 | ‘ Only for a moment ? ’ |
| 15 | The tone , the attitude , the look on the young fellow 's face sobered Arthur Conway for a moment , but only for a moment , for now he bawled , ‘ Get your hands off my daughter ! |
| 16 | For a moment I wondered if I would be able to catch him , but it was only for a moment . |
| 17 | But only for a moment . |
| 18 | This threw me , but only for a moment . |
| 19 | They met breasts and heads together , and tumbled to the floor , pecking and clawing viciously , the Brasseywing on top , but only for a moment . |
| 20 | But only for a moment . |
| 21 | The queen-dowager hesitated only for a moment . |
| 22 | Joan hesitated , but only for a moment . |
| 23 | It seems only apposite that he should hover so often on the edge of the ‘ pathetic fallacy ’ , as for instance in the assault on Caradhras , where Aragorn and Boromir insist the wind has ‘ fell voices ’ and that stone-slips are aimed , or on the bridge at Khazad-dûm , where Gandalf is ‘ like a wizened tree ’ , but the Balrog a mixture of fire and shadow , a ‘ flame of Udûn ’ — checked only for a moment by Boromir 's horn . |
| 24 | ‘ But only for a moment . |
| 25 | Alice squatted down , opened the case , took out her violin and bow and , hesitating only for a moment , walked over to stand by the others . |
| 26 | Poetry 's ability to cast things in a kind of temporary order , to defy the destabilising effects of time , if only for a moment , will be a recurrent theme of this chapter . |
| 27 | But only for a moment . |
| 28 | She wished she 'd brought something to do that would take her mind off her anxiety if only for a moment . |
| 29 | " Only for a moment , then , " said the women . |
| 30 | Always lock your car whenever you leave it , even if only for a moment . |