Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Li Yuan studied them a moment , trying to get the key to their relationship — something more than could be gained from the summaries in the file — then returned to the desk and sat , leaving them standing . |
| 2 | She studied them a moment , then put them away . |
| 3 | An abandoned truck , its snout rammed into the steep bank of a cut , caused me a moment 's panic . |
| 4 | Tsu Ma studied her a moment , then nodded . |
| 5 | He studied her a moment , then reached down , shaking her until she woke and turned , looking up at him . |
| 6 | He studied her a moment , remembering what her cousin , Yin Wu Tsai had said : that she had been born with a woman 's body and yet a man 's soul . |
| 7 | She studied him a moment , laying her hand softly on his chest , feeling the soft rise and fall of his breath , then gently covered the soft fold of his spent manhood . |
| 8 | He studied him a moment , intently , almost fiercely , then pointed up at the overhead camera . |
| 9 | She studied him a moment , then went across and bent down , recovering the pay-key . |
| 10 | Karr laughed , then studied him a moment . |
| 11 | She studied him a moment , then nodded . |
| 12 | A harmonic got as far as Hrun himself , currently fighting a couple of gnolls on a crumbling ledge high in the Caderack Mountains , and caused him a moment 's unexplained discomfort . |
| 13 | Early in her first premiership it caused her a moment of acute embarrassment . |
| 14 | SERAFIN : You are not happy about the way we are proceeding , you told us a moment ago … |
| 15 | Rincewind allowed himself a moment 's sadness . |
| 16 | When they had left , when she had watched them leave together , Mother allowed herself a moment of exultation . |
| 17 | Meredith allowed herself a moment 's speculation about this never-discussed time in Markby 's life . |
| 18 | Still , when she stepped back to survey her own handiwork , she allowed herself a moment of professional pride . |
| 19 | He was unrecognizable at this distance , but the woman who followed him a moment later only had to take a couple of steps for Pascoe to know that this was Gwen Evans again . |
| 20 | Rosten watched him a moment , then took up his place , just behind Gosse and to one side , the long sword half raised . |
| 21 | She watched him a moment longer , a lingering uncertainty in her face , then gave a small laugh . |
| 22 | " He is , Ma'am ; I passed him a moment ago and he was talking to Mr Churchill . " |
| 23 | It took me a moment to work out what was going on . |
| 24 | It took me a moment to realise he was talking to me . |
| 25 | It took him a moment . |
| 26 | The Adjudicator was pale , and it took him a moment to formulate a reply . |
| 27 | It took him a moment to work out what was going on . |
| 28 | It took him a moment to realize what she meant . |
| 29 | It took her a moment to recognise the accusation . |
| 30 | It took her a moment to establish her balance . |