Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | The noise in the taproom stilled for a moment , even the farmers in the corner drunkenly arguing about the price of wheat ; two harridans from the town shrieking at each other over an upturned barrel ; and a group of young bloods , garishly dressed in costly silks , noisily roistering before a night out on the town . |
| 2 | Canon Wheeler allowed his eye to wander around the handsome room lit by the full , secure English sunlight and gazed for a moment through the window at the spire of Medewich 's beautiful Cathedral . |
| 3 | He dropped the letter on to his desk where it fluttered for a moment , an innocent reminder of the arrangement made in that grey stone house in Ghent . |
| 4 | It fluttered for a moment and then folded right back against the fuselage , like a roosting bird . |
| 5 | She said : ‘ God grant it ! ’ and clung for a moment to the great , warm , vital hand that could put heart into her even now . |
| 6 | They argued for a moment and Dr Dunstaple fell back dissatisfied . |
| 7 | I asked after a moment . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , master ? ’ he asked after a moment . |
| 9 | ‘ What 's it like ? ’ he asked after a moment . |
| 10 | Chen asked after a moment . |
| 11 | Huy asked after a moment longer . |
| 12 | Ockleton asked after a moment . |
| 13 | ‘ Why did she finish with you ? ’ she asked after a moment . |
| 14 | Naturally there was only one more mention , she realised after a moment . |
| 15 | ‘ I — I do n't know what you 're talking about , ’ she whispered after a moment . |
| 16 | His eyelids rose for a moment . |
| 17 | The man even mumbled something , and his eyelids flickered for a moment without opening . |
| 18 | She stopped for a moment and took a deep breath before checking the next crate . |
| 19 | He stopped for a moment , the crumpled sheet of prescription pad on his knee , and wondered whether Donald was really worth all this effort . |
| 20 | They were both astonished and Lomas stopped for a moment to stare at the floor . |
| 21 | The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them . |
| 22 | He stopped for a moment and looked around for Zach . |
| 23 | He stopped for a moment and gazed about him . |
| 24 | He stopped for a moment , turning over a new possibility . |
| 25 | Mr Bumble stopped for a moment , amazed and even rather frightened by this change in Oliver . |
| 26 | It stopped for a moment , then went quietly into the long grass and disappeared for ever . |
| 27 | When he stopped for a moment to wipe the sweat from his brow , Trung laid a cautionary hand on his arm . |
| 28 | It bothered him to let her go like this , but she 'd insisted ; for a while he could n't see her at all , until she reached the skyline and stopped for a moment . |
| 29 | She took her notepad from the pocket of her apron as she went , and at the doorway she stopped for a moment as if to gather herself . |
| 30 | She stopped for a moment , and put her shoes back on for walking on the hard tarmac . |