Example sentences of "[prep] a few moments i " in BNC.

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1 Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area .
2 I did n't quite close the door , and after a few moments I could hear her footsteps walking briskly past .
3 He disappeared into the stable and after a few moments I peeped inside .
4 For a few moments I was intensely conscious of the tree and saw nothing else .
5 For a few moments I was utterly terrified .
6 For a few moments I had let my mind plunge into darkness , into a world where the experience of all my life was disproved and ghosts existed .
7 For a few moments I felt disappointment .
8 For a few moments I was silent , feeling her sorrow , so discordant among the bright seasonal colours of this festive room .
9 Actually , I did n't like the way Diggs questioned me about what had happened , and for a few moments I thought he might have guessed , but my replies seemed to satisfy him .
10 Within a few moments I had been directed to the Gasthof zur Alte Post and installed myself in a tiny room which was to cost about £12 for the night , including breakfast .
11 Within a few moments I was on a floater , crossing the fairly well-lit spaceport , still with no one in sight anywhere around me .
12 In a few moments I was installed in a comfortable room about as near to the centre of Buda as it is possible to be .
13 In a few moments I 'd like to tell you briefly about the trading background to the figures and to give you an indication of how business has been since the period ended and particularly since our important sale started on Boxing Day .
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