Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | What else is his Eucharist but , at a higher level , an endless act of fruitful out-pouring of his whole flesh , such as a man can only achieve for a moment with a limited organ of his body ? |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't ever , ’ and Donald took another breath , through his mouth this time , as if he 'd only surfaced for a moment , ‘ do n't EVER eat my beans again . ’ |
| 3 | He only hesitated for a moment before something about the strained tension on her face made his mind up . |
| 4 | I do not think for a moment that the Letter of Aristeas should be taken as a Festal Scroll , something like the Book of Esther , to be read in the Alexandrian synagogues every year on the day on which ( as we know from Philo ) the Alexandrian Jews commemorated the translation ( De vita Mosis 2.41 ) . |
| 5 | Taken by surprise , she could not answer for a moment and than said angrily , ‘ If you knew , why did n't you say something before ? ’ |
| 6 | I am not suggesting for a moment that this kind of problem can be resolved merely by putting more resources in , but at the same time there is need to spend more money , perhaps . |
| 7 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment it does n't cross my mind nor has Mr suggested that there has been any er deliberate failures to disclose something which was thought was , which you 've got and was thought relevant , but it , things do turn out to be potentially relevant in the course of the court appearance |
| 8 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment that university people are n't as integrated as anyone else . |
| 9 | The post-mortems continue but the truth is , that from an operational viewpoint , the 1,500V DC Woodhead line is not missed for a moment . |
| 10 | My patience snapped and I said : ‘ Do shut up and just listen for a moment . ’ |
| 11 | Roger Kenyon started slightly , but he did not speak for a moment . |
| 12 | ‘ Was n't that terrific ? ’ she turned to Ven to eagerly exclaim — and felt her heart begin to race yet again when , his expression somehow gentle , he did not speak for a moment but just stood and looked at her . |
| 13 | Next time the phone rings or there is a knock on the door , just pause for a moment instead of reacting immediately . |
| 14 | If we just pause for a moment and look at the A C C digest that the papers see . |
| 15 | His hand had not wavered for a moment . |
| 16 | I do not believe for a moment that , with unemployment heading towards three million , the benefits would be significantly dissipated by higher inflation , any more than were the benefits of depreciation in the early 1980s . |
| 17 | I do not believe for a moment that in the future we shall allow millions of our fellow-countrymen , through no fault of their own , to pass through life ill-housed , ill-clothed , ill-fed , ill-educated . |
| 18 | I did not hesitate for a moment . |
| 19 | We asked her mother who , in spite of being Jewish and already in a precarious position , did not hesitate for a moment . |
| 20 | I do not suggest for a moment that I have described every interesting object within binocular range , but I think that there is enough variety here to satisfy most people . |
| 21 | But in the isolation that their riches had brought about , and in their serene acceptance that privilege was their due , they did not anticipate for a moment the press of people Don Antonio Beatillo 's idiosyncratic will would bring to their door . |
| 22 | Well er in the early days , erm there were occasions where erm if I may say so , that , that just to divert for a moment , the scheme had to have supervision , and there was an increase in the staff , the number of foremen and chargehands increased . |
| 23 | There was only one way in , by the drawbridge and the gate-towers ; he had racked his brains for an alternative , but there was none , short of procuring an ally within the walls , and that idea he did not entertain for a moment . |
| 24 | No criticism of the appellants is to be made in that respect because , alive to the problem , they had applied to the registrar for directions ; it was as a result of his directions , which I do not question for a moment , that the appeal came before this court . |
| 25 | So the reason I put Jasper Carrott up here is just to think for a moment , here 's somebody who 's obviously a really effective and great communicator . |
| 26 | Just think for a moment of the way love is expressed in our giving . |
| 27 | Just think for a moment . |
| 28 | I do not concede for a moment that this is a devolution measure . |
| 29 | Just thinking for a moment of character alone : who would he pick as murderer ? |
| 30 | I remember experiencing a feeling of tremendous excitement , not thinking for a moment of the implications of war , of bombing , of deaths , of families parted from their sons , husbands and brothers . |