Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clerk stopped for a moment and whispered to Mr Albert , who , realizing that instead of selling a pair of jeans he really had a customer with money to spend , hurried towards Hank . |
| 2 | The singing of the birds stopped for a moment , and then started again . |
| 3 | Their eyes met for a moment , then he looked away . |
| 4 | As he came through the hut again , the man was there , about to sign out , and their eyes met for a moment , and Cormack felt scared . |
| 5 | Their eyes met for a moment and Guido smiled back at her , flooding her heart with foolish pleasure . |
| 6 | Flipping lazily on to her back , she floated with her eyes closed for a moment , frowning as the sound of a door closing echoed around the pool . |
| 7 | ‘ Nearly there now , ’ she said softly , and the fierce dark eyes opened for a moment . |
| 8 | Their eyes clashed for a moment , then Leonora shrugged . |
| 9 | The aging houngan 's grim facade held for a moment , then dissolved into a spray of laughter lines as he smiled . |
| 10 | Their eyes held for a moment and a slow smile began to grow on the darkly handsome face . |
| 11 | The bachelor stopped for a moment , while the children 's imaginations took in these wonderful pictures . |
| 12 | At the foot of the steps Lan stopped for a moment to turn and stare back at Joseph . |
| 13 | The child considered for a moment , then said , ‘ No . |
| 14 | Someone set off a rocket over the green , and red and blue sparks hung for a moment against the thunderclouds then vanished into thin air . |
| 15 | As the carts came abreast of the Americans seated in their stationary rickshaws , the Annamese who had fallen opened his eyes , and his pain-clouded gaze locked for a moment with Joseph 's . |
| 16 | A party of saints danced colourless across a stained-glass window lit for a moment by lightning . |
| 17 | The knobbly wheels spun for a moment , and then the truck rolled backwards . |
| 18 | And that was as far as she got because the crash-bang music gave the final crash , the stage lights held for a moment and then cut to blackout , and there was a smattering of couldn't-care-less applause from the front of the house . |
| 19 | Maxim thought for a moment . |
| 20 | ‘ One member of staff left for a moment and a man in his mid-30s appeared out of nowhere with what appeared to be a gun and pushed it into the other assistant 's ribs and asked for the money . |
| 21 | Above them , the tiny figure crawling along the top of a pipe stopped for a moment , and then continued . |
| 22 | Kosi thought for a moment . |
| 23 | Burney considered for a moment . |
| 24 | The sergeant deliberated for a moment and then spoke in the soft but unmistakable burr of deepest Mummersett . |
| 25 | Sometimes people or Men changed for a moment into some semblance of shape , but then they moved and the mist drifted and they were gone as if they had never been . |
| 26 | But towards noon of the next day the clouds parted for a moment . |
| 27 | Sergia 's frown deepened for a moment . |
| 28 | Rory 's expression softened for a moment . |
| 29 | Not a single one of my colleagues doubted for a moment what she said . |
| 30 | You 'd probably think that the end product would be a disappointing arcade adventure with very little to keep any gamesplayer enthralled for a moment . |