Example sentences of "[coord] [art] [adj] moments " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were unexplained hold-ups , enemy strongpoints catching the leaders in heavy fire perhaps , or a few moments ' loss of direction as they probed forward . |
| 2 | Stewards were called in to clear the pitch and the final moments of play continued . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're nearly there , ’ he said soothingly , and a few moments later he escorted her through the elaborate palm Court which was the entrance to the Royal Hotel . |
| 4 | Hazel stamped , and a few moments later Dandelion was beside him in the bracken . |
| 5 | " Fetch him in ! " she ordered , and a few moments later Tristram , gagged and hand-tied , was brought into the great hall . |
| 6 | She did n't turn round : she expected Ace to follow , and a few moments later she heard running footsteps behind her . |
| 7 | And a few moments later she was shown into the office she remembered from before . |
| 8 | ‘ Let's go into the garden , ’ he said tersely , and a few moments later they were gliding along the path that wound down to the river 's edge , their way lit by a bright moon that stretched a blue path towards them across the water . |
| 9 | She had been fiery Sally-Anne still , and then fiery McAllister , and a few moments ' loving from a man she loved had undone her , had brought her not joy , but a trauma of the remembered pain and anguish which Havvie had inflicted on her . |
| 10 | ‘ Without it you will have no dances and no Great Moments with the young thing in crepe-marocain on the lee of the starboard ventilator . ’ |
| 11 | Out in the lagoon a few yachts may be loitering , and every few moments the resplendent launch from the Hotel Cipriani sweeps another boat-load of guests , all sun-hats and bright colours , towards St Mark 's . |
| 12 | After 4 a.m. on the morning of the twenty-seventh the eruption appeared to die down a little , but the grandest moments were yet to come . |
| 13 | But a few moments later there she was — tall and beautiful in a little green bouclé dress with matching jacket . |
| 14 | Once the lids of the outer case and the leaden shell had been removed , the workman prised off the lid of the inner coffin ; the slightly yellowed silk sheets were drawn back and there lay the body of the child , looking as if he had gone off to sleep but a few moments before . |
| 15 | There was a pause , Riven trying to remember Minginish 's geography , but a few moments later Luib put him back to work . |
| 16 | But a few moments later , in Simon 's cottage , when he pulled up a chair to the fire and gently pressed her down into it , she managed to say , ‘ You — knew … |
| 17 | ‘ Wait but a few moments here for me , ’ she said more gently , ‘ for I must make my farewell to the Lady Percy , who has been more than kind to me . ’ |