Example sentences of "[adv] and [prep] a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh ! ’ said Fenella and stood still and clasped her hands together and for a moment forgot entirely about being in danger in the house of an ancient and evil sorcerer . |
| 3 | The question being investigated was the appearance of a loved one who is far away and at a moment of unexpected crisis , or dying . |
| 4 | The Ford driver gave nothing away and for a moment it looked as if there would be a confrontation with a juggernaut coming from London . |
| 5 | Rose tried to throw her off and for a moment they became an indistinguishable tangle of clawing arms and jerking feet . |
| 6 | Then he looked up and for a moment he was so amazed that he forgot the misery . |
| 7 | I wake up and for a moment I think I 'm at home or at Caroline 's . |
| 8 | The tall Finn and Peter Horbury together raised her up and in a moment or two her eyelids fluttered open . |
| 9 | The curtain of rain caught them up and in a moment soaked them to the skin . |
| 10 | The coolies sensed their fright instantly and in a moment forty or fifty of them were advancing menacingly on the little group of overseers , brandishing the implements they had used for so long to tend the rubber plantation under their ruthless tutelage . |
| 11 | Amazingly , Prudence spelled it correctly and without a moment 's hesitation . |
| 12 | Mary resisted the temptation to answer her back and after a moment 's silence Mum continued . |
| 13 | He smiled reassuringly and for a moment his expression softened . |
| 14 | Instead , she sits there and for a moment contemplates the prospect of her party , the gathering of her guests . |
| 15 | It was not like Karr to use his privilege so crudely and for a moment he had been concerned by his friend 's behaviour . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh sir ! ’ said Mrs Crump faintly and for a moment she threatened to be the second act to Miss D'Arcy 's opener . |