Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for [art] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I did , something about its stillness stilled me for a moment . |
| 2 | But he has forsaken them for the moment , at least in his current Emmerich show , ‘ Some Very Recent Paintings ’ ( opening 14 January ) . |
| 3 | Even if we confine ourselves for the moment to the late sixth and fifth centuries B.C. , when the options were more limited , the road of the Rhone was not the only route for traffic between Celts and Greeks . |
| 4 | You do n't need me for the moment , but I 'll be back this afternoon . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't need them for the moment , ’ said Apricot , ‘ because Bernard and I do n't do it . |
| 6 | Vass regarded her for a moment . |
| 7 | The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment . |
| 8 | He regarded her for a moment as though considering what she 'd told him . |
| 9 | Kevin detained him for a moment . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't doubt it for a moment . ’ |
| 11 | Oh their life 's can be totally wrecked , I do n't doubt it for a moment . |
| 12 | ‘ These are all the variations I can show you for the moment . ’ |
| 13 | The name seemed to halt him for a moment , but when his hands were again moving over her , the scream she let out crying , ‘ Mother ! |
| 14 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 15 | He studied her for a moment . |
| 16 | He studied her for a moment , noting how she had aged . |
| 17 | He studied her for a moment , and she took in his steel-grey , twill-weave trousers and ivory shirt of raw silk . |
| 18 | Frowning , he studied her for a moment , then , with an impatient curse , yanked the ribbon away and unwound her braid . |
| 19 | Adam studied her for a moment in silence . |
| 20 | Vitor studied her for a moment . |
| 21 | He studied her for a moment , then said slowly , ‘ Of course . |
| 22 | It lifted him for a moment before it threw him down , so that for a second he saw what he wanted : that the sea had already overrun the beach and the rocks and the shingle and was advancing like a black wall rimmed with white over the slipways and grasslands of Orphir . |
| 23 | He surveyed her for a moment and then switched on , as though it had been a light , the very considerable charm of his smile . |
| 24 | He leaned back in his chair and surveyed her for a moment . |
| 25 | His eyes surveyed her for a moment . |
| 26 | He handed the paper to Hawkins , who studied it for a moment , then said : ‘ I know those places marked with an asterisk . |
| 27 | But let us for the moment look at the word that signifies the process or action itself : the word kill . |
| 28 | Let us for the moment take it as established that dog has a general sense , denoting the whole species , irrespective of sex . |
| 29 | The Government 's figures — let us for the moment assume that they have an accuracy which the Government 's abysmal record on predicting poll tax bills certainly does not justify — show that average council tax bills this year in Langbaurgh would have been £470 and in Middlesbrough £447 — £170 and £153 respectively higher than the equivalent fair rates bills . |
| 30 | But I need to see you for a moment . |