Example sentences of "[conj] for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | And where for a moment a gap had shown between her boot-top and her heat-suit , a midnight vein swooped across the wall to form a bulge that thickened out towards the naked skin of her leg . |
| 2 | So far on this journey , except for a moment at Mahanaim , we have been travelling through country we know or can imagine . |
| 3 | Nurse Motley said that except for a moment when she picked up a piece of paper and threw it in the bin , she had been standing by Kayley 's head the whole time . |
| 4 | But Hitler made world Christianity something that for a moment even people in the pews could see as an expression of peace , and amity , and human rights , and the moral law in politics . |
| 5 | Wexford waited patiently , for he guessed that for a moment the man was totally unable to speak . |
| 6 | He ponder that for a moment , and says : ‘ That right ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I never doubted that for a moment , ’ he replied in an extremely charming , yet at the same time insolent , tone . |
| 8 | Filmer 's neck muscles slowly relaxed , and I realized that for a moment he must have suspected that the scene had been specifically aimed at him . |
| 9 | The thought of Montaine was so arresting that for a moment he could not speak . |
| 10 | The sense of disappointment was as sharp as a blow , painful out of all proportion , so much so that for a moment I was almost angry with him for not being there . |
| 11 | Danjit stumbled forward so that for a moment she felt his lubricious body-thrust . |
| 12 | He was so tanned that for a moment Helen failed to recognise him . |
| 13 | If I beckon , she will certainly come to me ! he thought , and his mind whirled , so that for a moment he barely saw the waiting Fiana candidates and the glittering Sun Chamber . |
| 14 | Horror coursed through Grainne , so that for a moment the stone room tilted all about her . |
| 15 | He opened the door but the dimness inside was such that for a moment he could see little ; then , as his eyes accommodated , he saw Maurice standing , pressed against the far wall as though he wanted to vanish through it . |
| 16 | Quentin had said that for a moment Kate had reminded him of Miss Trimm , and for another moment Lavinia imagined that : Kate at eighty-two , passionately involved with God . |
| 17 | And it seemed to her that for a moment his eyes ensnared her , as though he had reached out a hand and taken hold of her . |
| 18 | He looked so contrite that for a moment she was in danger of actually believing him , until common sense came to her aid . |
| 19 | Then her arms went about him and there was a heat in her that for a moment matched his own . |
| 20 | She was wearing little or no make-up , so that for a moment Melissa did not recognise her . |
| 21 | Lambert looked at him with such energy that for a moment Killion thought he had discovered a way out of it . |
| 22 | The dust was so thick that for a moment he could not see . |
| 23 | So that for a moment was me — a black receptacle on a black night . |
| 24 | Sunlight streamed through the windscreen , settling burnished rays over his black hair , turning his olive complexion to gold so that for a moment his face took on the appearance of a mask . |
| 25 | He laughed softly , the wind catching the low rumble of sound and tossing it around so that for a moment the very air seemed to be filled with it . |
| 26 | ‘ What ? ’ she gasped , so shocked at what he was saying that for a moment she could n't do anything other than stare at him with her mouth open . |
| 27 | She 'd known he would follow Didi as soon as the ring was found and the American wanted him by her side , but still his words brought such pain that for a moment Luce thought she 'd moaned aloud . |
| 28 | In the abortive Artois offensive of May 1915 , the attack by Pétain 's Corps at Vimy Ridge was so well prepared that for a moment it seemed as if the whole German front might collapse . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , you are on the big side and for a moment I had this vision of you … ’ |
| 30 | She started to read and for a moment lost her rigid self-consciousness in admiring delight at her own writing , its clarity and generosity . |