Example sentences of "and for a fleeting [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dan 's face was scarlet and for a fleeting second Kate felt ashamed of herself . |
| 2 | Paul detected a faint note of weariness in his father 's voice and for a fleeting instant his mask of grim detachment had seemed to soften . |
| 3 | She had been standing on the bank above him with her booted feet apart , her hands jammed into the pockets of her tight-fitting breeches , and for a fleeting instant he looked at her appraisingly as he had done at the reception . |
| 4 | Our consciousness merge , one with the other and for a fleeting moment in time , it touches the unmanifested half in the other , creating an inner union of perfection . |
| 5 | P'raps they 've gone blackberryin' , he thought and for a fleeting moment he wished that he was with them . |
| 6 | He was deeply worried about Berenice , and for a fleeting moment she was envious of the love he lavished on another woman . |