Example sentences of "and a [adj] moments " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Hazel stamped , and a few moments later Dandelion was beside him in the bracken . |
| 3 | " Fetch him in ! " she ordered , and a few moments later Tristram , gagged and hand-tied , was brought into the great hall . |
| 4 | She did n't turn round : she expected Ace to follow , and a few moments later she heard running footsteps behind her . |
| 5 | And a few moments later she was shown into the office she remembered from before . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |