Example sentences of "a few moments ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a windy day , more care is usually taken , but even then a few moments ' inattention , or the wrong drill , can result in the glider being blown over and written off . |
| 2 | I asked him to write down what he liked about the skinhead style and , after a few moments ' thought , he dashed off the above . |
| 3 | There were a few moments ' stalemate , then more petrol was thrown , this time into the warehouse , and two men with a bren gun were left to cover the building as Peter Young led his men on . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Gurder gave this a few moments ' careful and terrified thought . |
| 6 | After a few moments ' deciphering he rang Gerald Venables ' number . |
| 7 | It was a few moments ' work to have her sitting with her baggage in a gig , to crown the blot with a ridiculous hat , and to write the word CAMBRIDGE on a downward-sloping signpost . |
| 8 | Viola Machin left a few moments ' pause . |
| 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 | After a few moments ' silence Kopyion shrugged his shoulders and walked off , down the stairs . |
| 11 | Fabia saw no point in butting in to comment that she had in fact come very close to doing that very thing , and after a few moments ' pause Ven went on , ‘ I knew I 'd bruised your pride , but that had been necessary when my desire for you had threatened to blot out reason . |
| 12 | A few moments ' reflection , perhaps considering explicit values for N and n , will convince the reader that the final sample size must be n . |