Example sentences of "[prep] a few moments [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hazel peered closely into the thick , coarse hair ( a rabbit 's foot has no pads ) and after a few moments saw what he had expected — the oval shank Of a snapped-off thorn sticking out through the skin . |
| 2 | He darted down the passage after Twoflower , and after a few moments came to a halt with a groan . |
| 3 | In the morning Riven lay half awake , listening to the sound of the water close at hand , and for a few moments thought it was a quiet tide outside the bothy . |
| 4 | I returned to the tractor-path and in a few moments saw Holford House standing before me on a rise . |
| 5 | He then picked him up and in a few moments had taken Woil back to his cage , put him in , closed the iron gate and secured it . |