Example sentences of "[subord] for [art] 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 there I am in some terra incognita by the name of Stoke Newington , which Stuart assures me is the next district where house prices are due to display tumescence , but where for the moment there dwelleth men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders . |
| 3 | So far on this journey , except for a moment at Mahanaim , we have been travelling through country we know or can imagine . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ When you 're surfing big Waimea , you ca n't be thinking about anything — except for the moment . |
| 6 | Although for the moment the army is the darling of the people , its closeness to the now constitutionally-entrenched council will afford the military great authority . |
| 7 | All the same , Wickham had been invited to have the flat searched and might sometime do so , although for the moment he saw no justification for it . |
| 8 | He himself had other plans , although for the moment he was keeping them fairly close to his chest . |
| 9 | Whatever is ultimately decided by the boards and the UKCC it is still in your own and your patients interests for you to undertake some form of formal updating , even if for the moment this is left to your own and your employer 's discretion . |
| 10 | If for the moment we assume it to be real and unrepeated , then all other eigenvalues have smaller moduli . |
| 11 | I slowed down because for a moment I thought you might need help . |
| 12 | Her own nerves were stretched to breaking-point and she could n't allow herself even to contemplate the changes that would now come in her relationship with David ; that luxury would come later , because for the moment lives were in danger . |
| 13 | But for the moment , as ill-luck would have it , he was unable to verify it . |
| 14 | I knew that soon I would have to come to grips with what had happened , to wring some meaning out of it to make it endurable ; but for the moment I simply could n't bear to think about it . |
| 15 | She might not have kissed him , but for the moment he knew he was willing to settle for that message : I love you — I think . |
| 16 | Later , we will be looking at ways of expanding our vocabulary in adventurous ways , but for the moment I would like to make recommendations based on my observations over many years of student limitations , mainly in a diatonic field . |
| 17 | She was still mad at Lucy for something , and Lucy was sure that a little time and concentration would tell her what … but for the moment , somehow , the knowledge was just out of reach . |
| 18 | There would be mist on the river and the saltings later , but for the moment it was clear , and utterly peaceful . |
| 19 | Eventually she would train them to produce the kinds of designs she favoured , but for the moment , until she had her first collection down on paper , quite frankly she could n't spare the time . |
| 20 | Marianne might dismiss her ‘ milk-sop charms ’ with contempt , but for the moment , at least , Dane felt rather differently , and the knowledge made her blood sing . |
| 21 | Later , later , she would tell him — of the embassy , Papa and J.D. — but for the moment it was enough for her to be the wounded girl whom he had healed . |
| 22 | There was probably a perfectly simple explanation , if only she could give her mind to it , but for the moment she seemed incapable of logical thought . |
| 23 | But for the moment |
| 24 | Emma closed her eyes but for the moment she could n't answer for the throbbing in her throat . |
| 25 | That questions and recriminations would creep in later she had little doubt , but for the moment she simply wanted to shut out the rest of the world , to step back into that circle of magic they had created , first in the pool , then in the factory car park when they had somehow made the rest of the world go away . |
| 26 | But for the moment she resolved that she would not think of the loathsome interview again until she was in Prague . |
| 27 | Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week . |
| 28 | When for a moment it floated into a clear patch of the sky , it turned to silver the branches and few tenacious leaves of the tree against which they now leaned . |
| 29 | Over her shoulder , lying on the black leather upholstery of the back seat , he could see a black velour trilby which was vaguely familiar , though for the moment he did not have time to sort out exactly why or how . |
| 30 | Pete did n't know whether to duck or run , and the choice was fairly academic anyway , as for the moment his body seemed to be about as responsive as a sack of rocks . |