Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly he noticed how pale I was , and stopped for a moment to let me get my breath back . |
| 2 | Then , just as if the world had frozen and stopped for a moment , she saw the woman in the driving seat , face white , eyes glassy with shock , the mouth stretched in a grimace which looked like terror . |
| 3 | Then Bunny , battling his way against the flow of the children , appeared in the hall and halted for a moment , the belt of his mackintosh undone , looking up at the windows of the rehearsal room . |
| 4 | He had looked at his wife 's unguarded face and forgotten for a moment that life was a deadly game in which you had to keep your cards close to your chest and your back to the wall , your eyes open and your nose clean in order not to end up in the gutter with your hat in your hand . |
| 5 | She was panting , she realised , and hung for a moment on the newel post of the spiral stairs and waited for her heartbeat to calm down . |
| 6 | Geraldine sat on the bed and thought for a moment . |
| 7 | As they approached from the South , the pilots watched the flyingboat go down and land at Kalafrana , but at that moment Hancock saw two Bf109Es approaching , and thought for a moment that they were about to attack the Hurricanes . |
| 8 | So she put the dress on , and thought for a moment that perhaps it was not quite so frightful after all , and then , after looking at herself for a little longer , wondered if it were not in fact more frightful than she had ever imagined . |
| 9 | I stopped to look at them , and thought for a moment they looked like prison doors , hiding evil secrets . |
| 10 | Robert , on her right , cleared his throat and thought for a moment before , looking from the silver basket of white flowers in the middle of the table , he said : " Your Christmas roses are wonderful . |
| 11 | His black eyes were sharp as he looked at her and thought for a moment . |
| 12 | Drawing the wallet from his pocket , he separated the one of Breakspear from the rest and studied for a moment the view of the college it presented . |