Example sentences of "a moment " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Set it for a moment beside one of those white Greek goddesses of beautiful women of antiquity , and how would they be troubled by this beauty , into which the soul with all its maladies has passed ! |
| 2 | We can return for a moment to talk to the girl who went to Italy , and was overwhelmed by Michelangelo 's Sistine Chapel ceiling . |
| 3 | Patrick held both hands up in a gesture of peace , he smiled for a moment ; I 'm no trying to get at you personally but I just fucking feel that you cant expect the teacher to be the everything , the heavyweight boxing champion of the world . |
| 4 | Rosaline is very much a match for Berowne ; this is her last challenge to him , at a moment in the play when death has blown all comedy away . |
| 5 | Laundry ! he wrote in the margin of his page , and Goldberg , alter a moment 's hesitation , typed it in and added , in brackets , margin ! |
| 6 | I had thought at the time , wrote Goldberg , turning the page , wiping his brow , taking a sip of orange juice from the glass on the desk beside him , dreaming for a moment of the cigarettes he had given up two years earlier , I had thought , he wrote , that an edited version of the text , with only those comments directly concerned with the Big Glass included , would serve you best . |
| 7 | There comes a moment when you know you have done what you could do with something and everything else would be fiddling . |
| 8 | There comes a moment when you lose interest so totally that to touch it again would be a physical impossibility . |
| 9 | A moment or two later a man who , from his lanky form and fine-boned features , could only be her fiancé , Lord Woodleigh , emerged , evidently doing his best to overcome a certain reluctance . |
| 10 | The tall Finn and Peter Horbury together raised her up and in a moment or two her eyelids fluttered open . |
| 11 | For a moment or two Peter Horbury contemplated his newly elevated status . |
| 12 | The sergeant deliberated for a moment and then spoke in the soft but unmistakable burr of deepest Mummersett . |
| 13 | When he replaced the receiver he regarded his subordinate for a moment and then smiled . |
| 14 | For a moment he glared at her , opened his mouth to deny everything , and then slumped in the chair , which creaked in protest . |
| 15 | Work of a moment . ’ |
| 16 | She bounced to the mirror to powder and tweak for a moment , catching Conroy 's eye and giving him a wink . |
| 17 | Not that he 'd ever for a moment think of … taking advantage , so to speak , of a young woman of loose morals like Mrs Heatherington-Scott . ’ |
| 18 | It was Mr Eames 's , and in a moment he was back , and as much in a rush as a butler can be . |
| 19 | Henry Tyler thought for a moment , ‘ That 's an acronym I have n't come across . ’ |
| 20 | Could you ring her back when you 've got a moment ? |
| 21 | He smiled and was silent for a moment . |
| 22 | I was silent for a moment then I looked away . |
| 23 | I stood there staring at it for a moment , unable to believe what I saw . |
| 24 | I was silent for a moment , trying desperately hard to remember events that had happened only a few minutes earlier . |
| 25 | I smiled , and was lost in thought for a moment . |
| 26 | She stood for a moment on the other side of the room , sizing me up ( and me sizing her up ) , and then she came over to speak to me . |
| 27 | I was silent for a moment . |
| 28 | She was silent for a moment . |
| 29 | She was silent for a moment . |
| 30 | She was silent for a moment . |