Example sentences of "a moment [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Help us , she implored silently , not knowing whom she spoke to , and for a moment her despair went on mounting . |
2 | SARA had been dreaming and for a moment her dream had more reality than her waking state . |
3 | For a moment her heart stood still , then her lip trembled as she spoke tremulously . |
4 | For a moment her heart caught in her throat , but then she realised he had brief , dark swimming-trunks on . |
5 | For a moment her heart sank . |
6 | For a moment her father said nothing more either he just stood with his hands clasped behind him , looking up at the ceiling . |
7 | There was no sign of him , nor the hire car , and just for a moment her confidence faltered . |
8 | Ruth felt her throat go dry and for a moment her body yielded to something she would rather not have recognised — a need for another sort of passion in her life . |
9 | In a moment her ladyship 's sobs had ceased and she dried her few tears . |
10 | Then the icy touch of the water reminded her that she had planned to cool the hock in it for Finn and the bastard was n't here ; and for a moment her towel served as a handkerchief as she mourned , and then , since she considered it degrading to weep for a faithless man , she dried her eyes and her ears and under her chin and returned with springing step to the cottage . |
11 | ‘ I think so , ’ he said seriously , and for a moment his expression assumed the full weight of his nine-hundred-odd years . |
12 | He smiled reassuringly and for a moment his expression softened . |
13 | For a moment his heart sank , as he thought she might be cancelling their meeting . |
14 | After a moment his voice came thick and low , bubbling out of the bloody spume in his mouth . |
15 | For a moment his attractiveness shone so powerfully that it almost sabotaged the warning bells sounding strident alarm inside Charity 's head . |
16 | For a moment his look was piercing , and then he produced a rare smile . |
17 | Then after a moment his gaze cleared and a puzzled look entered his eyes . |
18 | For a moment his face held its expression of ecstatic agony , then it crumpled and his eyes looked down , widening , horrified by what he had done . |
19 | Sunlight streamed through the windscreen , settling burnished rays over his black hair , turning his olive complexion to gold so that for a moment his face took on the appearance of a mask . |
20 | For a moment his face rose before her — the deep , thoughtful eyes , the firm mouth — and suddenly she felt a surge of longing . |
21 | For a moment his mind was blank , then it all came flooding back . |
22 | After a moment my son said : ‘ Okay , just keep loading them into the van until they 're free ! ’ |