Example sentences of "only a [det] moments " in BNC.
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1 | Yet their death by chainsaw took only a few moments . |
2 | Since martial law was imposed , with army checkposts everywhere , and a heavy plainclothes police presence , protests last only a few moments . |
3 | Only a few moments later , a pew gave way under the weight of so many people sitting on it . |
4 | This suggests that although the blast that killed them was intensely hot , it lasted only a few moments , not long enough to ignite fabrics . |
5 | I told him and we reached the CHAB studios with only a few moments to settle Mr Murray before the microphone and be ready for the red light signifying we were ‘ on the air ’ . |
6 | He had only a few moments to decide on what he should do . |
7 | It had taken him only a few moments to discover , from his wife 's tirade , that Hank 's book was not quite so innocent as he had imagined ; however , any book that made so much money was a good book , in his opinion , and he had defended Hank hotly . |
8 | Like Trevor , when the other person 's tension breaks and the anger bursts , do you feel any satisfaction or relief within yourself , even for only a few moments ? |
9 | As their striding Emperor quivered with the unleashing of its weaponry , Biff sat impotently for only a few moments . |
10 | Only a few moments later he is being sympathetic with Cassio — ‘ What , are you hurt , lieutenant ? … |
11 | This is due to the fact that if there is no insider dealing ‘ those who transact only a few moments apart may get very different prices and will view the market as performing unfairly ’ . |
12 | In only a few moments the sheets , the bedding , all drenched . |
13 | ‘ I 'll come , ’ said Karr , but he was gone only a few moments . |
14 | It needed only a few moments , and a touch of magi-glue , to insert the cylinder as par of the pedestal . |
15 | Although I had seen you , Frankenstein , for only a few moments , I knew that I belonged to you . |
16 | I could watch her face as she made repeated revisions of her assessments of me of only a few moments before . |
17 | That lasted for only a few moments ; it was a perfect death . |
18 | She stared out of the upstairs living-room window , at the place where his Jaguar had been only a few moments before . |
19 | Oh , it 's no distance at all up by the path , only a few moments … yes … |