Example sentences of "a moment 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heads low , they pressed on , galloping whenever there was a moment 's calm and heat , turning away from the ice-laden wind when the ferocious shards of the glacier came at them like insects . |
| 2 | She knew now without a moment 's doubt exactly what she was going to do . |
| 3 | On this disc there is never a moment 's doubt as to their warmth of sound and delicacy of nuance . |
| 4 | He put the phone down and had a moment 's doubt . |
| 5 | ‘ A moment 's hot-headedness , ’ suggested the Captain . |
| 6 | She too woke and , after a moment 's struggle , lay still . |
| 7 | It was barely more than a flash impression and the man was turning and the light was n't at all good ; and besides , he pretty much resembled a pig anyway , so the effect was probably no more than a moment 's mistake . |
| 8 | After a moment 's celebration Rick 's ambition was fulfilled , as this cat took the scales round to 21lb 12oz . |
| 9 | Studs Lonigan dropped through the floor into a bottomless pit , never to re-emerge , even for a moment 's campus debate ; the United Artists film that was supposed to become the moving blueprint of life for the new decade of Sixties youth caused but a ripple in the thoughts of these sensitive young souls and vanished without trace . |
| 10 | Laundry ! he wrote in the margin of his page , and Goldberg , alter a moment 's hesitation , typed it in and added , in brackets , margin ! |
| 11 | She went on the skiing holiday he had paid for and accepted his excuse about his daughter 's measles without a moment 's hesitation . |
| 12 | When told to leave all behind , his past , his roots , his culture , his sense of belonging , his status and position in society and the family , the friendship , support and love of those close to him , everything except for Sarah , his wife , and Lot , his nephew , he goes without a moment 's hesitation . |
| 13 | ‘ No money , more like , ’ the Duke bowed and his shadow , after a moment 's hesitation , did likewise . |
| 14 | Without a moment 's hesitation Stirling 's jeep headed for the runway , the fighting formation behind him . |
| 15 | After a moment 's hesitation I blurted out , ‘ Tell you later . ’ |
| 16 | There was a moment 's hesitation before attention turned to the shoes I was wearing . |
| 17 | She watched her father straighten his back , then , after a moment 's hesitation , say , ‘ Yes , sir , yes . |
| 18 | After a moment 's hesitation , Shirley followed her . |
| 19 | The other girls followed suit , and the waitress , after a moment 's hesitation , wrung in turn the outstretched hands before hurrying off to attend to the needs of a customer who , to judge by his impatience , was in the last stages of starvation . |
| 20 | But a moment 's hesitation , and a strange lethargy spread through her , so that she did not struggle when the dog leapt on her , snarling . |
| 21 | The offer of a quick flight was accepted without a moment 's hesitation and she was whisked away to join the gulls that swoop around the reservoir and over her roof . |
| 22 | And the god , speaking in his high falsetto voice through the medium of the dhāmi , said without a moment 's hesitation that Kalchu 's bull 's time had come , and there was nothing any of us could do to save it now . |
| 23 | Blaney did n't say thank you , but after a moment 's hesitation held out his hand which Dalgliesh grasped . |
| 24 | ASK people what they were doing when President Kennedy was shot almost 30 years ago and many will remember without a moment 's hesitation . |
| 25 | Not being afraid to do what needed to be done , without a moment 's hesitation or doubt . |
| 26 | At that point , Kirov knew that he would be forced to eliminate the little man , without a moment 's hesitation . |
| 27 | ‘ The thing is , ’ she said , after a moment 's hesitation , ‘ that I am going to sell this house . ’ |
| 28 | After a moment 's hesitation , Constance said yes . |
| 29 | He poked his head slightly towards Joe , and after a moment 's hesitation Joe said , ‘ He would really shoot them ? ’ |
| 30 | Amazingly , Prudence spelled it correctly and without a moment 's hesitation . |