Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stood there , breathless , as the steps came nearer , stopped for a moment outside then turned up the corridor . |
| 2 | The clerk stopped for a moment and whispered to Mr Albert , who , realizing that instead of selling a pair of jeans he really had a customer with money to spend , hurried towards Hank . |
| 3 | Above them , the tiny figure crawling along the top of a pipe stopped for a moment , and then continued . |
| 4 | Suddenly he noticed how pale I was , and stopped for a moment to let me get my breath back . |
| 5 | The bachelor stopped for a moment , while the children 's imaginations took in these wonderful pictures . |
| 6 | At the foot of the steps Lan stopped for a moment to turn and stare back at Joseph . |
| 7 | With a jolt of excitement , as if his heart has stopped for a moment , his mind leaps to the image of a pyramid-shaped mountain . |
| 8 | The singing of the birds stopped for a moment , and then started again . |
| 9 | Then , just as if the world had frozen and stopped for a moment , she saw the woman in the driving seat , face white , eyes glassy with shock , the mouth stretched in a grimace which looked like terror . |
| 10 | As Gabriel 's concentration was broken for a moment , his shears cut the sheep 's skin . |
| 11 | But towards noon of the next day the clouds parted for a moment . |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she added , diverted for a moment , ‘ where 's safe for you if you do n't know any English literature ? ’ |
| 13 | Then Bunny , battling his way against the flow of the children , appeared in the hall and halted for a moment , the belt of his mackintosh undone , looking up at the windows of the rehearsal room . |
| 14 | We see her face , paralysed for a moment . |
| 15 | The girl was checked for a moment , then laughed . |
| 16 | When Sorella recounts this face-off , it 's also intended as a moment of recognition , an anagnorisis , for the narrator . |
| 17 | Sarella 's heart was wrung for a moment as she remembered how hard Marc was on his younger brother . |
| 18 | He and James should have broached it early on , devised sanctions ( the withholding of rents ; the blocking of highways and sieging of the big houses ) , called for practical suggestions from among the crowds — all that tradesmen 's and farmers ' skill and nous and energy , coalesced for a moment into a great ball of force , then left to collapse under its own weight , to crumble again into its thousands of separated grains … |
| 19 | He paled , and flushed as richly again , and his composure was shaken for a moment ; but the small , testing smile in Isambard 's eyes straightened his shoulders and stiffened his back . |
| 20 | Automatically obeying , she tugged the leather free , then delayed for a moment before releasing the hook on his trousers . |
| 21 | They were silhouetted for a moment on the brow of the hill against a last pool of light among encroaching black storm-clouds . |
| 22 | Sergia 's frown deepened for a moment . |
| 23 | The sound of the Latino 's voice , cold and quiet , brought back the fear that he had forgotten for a moment . |
| 24 | In their discussion of the photograph , Trent had forgotten for a moment that Golden Girl lay miles inland . |
| 25 | He thought , They had forgotten for a moment that I 'm a policeman . |
| 26 | He had looked at his wife 's unguarded face and forgotten for a moment that life was a deadly game in which you had to keep your cards close to your chest and your back to the wall , your eyes open and your nose clean in order not to end up in the gutter with your hat in your hand . |
| 27 | Aggie was stumped for a moment , but then she thought of Durham , and so she answered , ‘ Durham . ’ |
| 28 | They had stood about his bed , caught for a moment in a frieze of grief , all of them welded by tragedy into an awareness of their common flesh , their common loss . |
| 29 | Her body had stiffened for a moment but she made herself relax and huddle against him . |
| 30 | Burney considered for a moment . |