Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a jolt of excitement , as if his heart has stopped for a moment , his mind leaps to the image of a pyramid-shaped mountain . |
| 2 | Although the Oslo Bourse has paused for a moment to digest the DnC/Bergen news the market has been hugely active and is currently one of the best performers in the world . |
| 3 | He fell asleep , but hours later he woke up and felt again — as he 'd felt for a moment in the hall when he 'd arrived — that he should n't be in this house . |
| 4 | He 'd thought for a moment that the fates had it in for him . |
| 5 | Ash stopped so suddenly I wondered where she 'd gone for a moment . |
| 6 | It annoyed her intensely that she should have thought for a moment that the dreadful feeling she 'd experienced when he 'd told her he had an engagement was jealousy . |
| 7 | In one bookshop in Kent you might have imagined for a moment that you were actually in a teacher-training college library . |
| 8 | He had seemed thrown for a moment , as though it had genuinely slipped his mind that he was about to be married . |
| 9 | Not that Yuri need have fretted for a moment — as the softer shape emerged , a big smile spread across his strong features . |
| 10 | Ronni felt thrown for a moment . |
| 11 | Her body had stiffened for a moment but she made herself relax and huddle against him . |
| 12 | So the story , the dearly-bought exclusive , the story that had looked for a moment — just a moment — like Christine Keeler Mark 2 arrived on the desk of Sir David English , Pamella 's last editor . |
| 13 | The sound of the Latino 's voice , cold and quiet , brought back the fear that he had forgotten for a moment . |
| 14 | In their discussion of the photograph , Trent had forgotten for a moment that Golden Girl lay miles inland . |
| 15 | He thought , They had forgotten for a moment that I 'm a policeman . |
| 16 | If she had weakened for a moment , to the extent of uttering one soft word of forgiveness , of friendship , she might have burst into tears . |
| 17 | He had thought for a moment that Hoomey was going to ask him back , but he knew he was n't the sort of friend that nice mothers were all that pleased to see . |
| 18 | She had thought for a moment that he was going to have a heart attack from shock , but , recovering himself , he had said , ‘ Well , now you know , what are you going to do about it ? ’ to which she had answered simply , ‘ Divorce , ’ and walked out . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're completely unscrupulous , Lydia , ’ said Betty , but she had laughed for a moment . |
| 20 | Now I 've dwelt for a moment on my own experience because I think it epitomizes that of the Labour Party as a whole from to John , the G M B has been a tower of strength always there to assist not only with money and resources , but also with advice and support and on behalf of my parliamentary colleagues , I want to thank the union for all it is , it has done for the Labour Party . |
| 21 | Lucenzo had disappeared for a moment , and she was n't too happy about the way the Frenchman was holding her hand until she realised he was harmless . |
| 22 | Before 1848 it had seemed for a moment that its crisis of transition ( see The Age of Revolution , p. 304 ) might also prove to be its final crisis , at least in England , but in the 1850s it became clear that its major period of growth was only just beginning . |
| 23 | IF ONLY the woman had paused for a moment to inspect the hastily scrawled felt tip notice at the top of the stairs : ‘ I am sorry for any inconvenience caused to all our customers during the period that the down escalator has been out of service . |
| 24 | Now however Ludens had stepped for a moment inside the charmed circle , and things between them could never be the same again . |
| 25 | The children had stood for a moment , awestruck in the hall , as she had hoped they might , amazed at the broad stone staircase , the hanging lantern and the dark portraits of who ? |
| 26 | He had thrown aside his own robe then , and had stood for a moment looking down at her , the firelight playing over his body , and Grainne had felt her senses tumble , for surely , oh surely there had never been anything so beautiful and so strong … |
| 27 | She stood poised for a moment , stretched her mouth wide , licked her lips , moved her shoulders from side to side , then let her body sway , waited for the chorus to finish and the verse to start and she went on . |
| 28 | We sort of stood poised for a moment , neither of us knowing what to do . |