Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] for [art] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | So let's consider for a moment what are the attributes , the other attributes , that an advocate needs ? |
| 2 | He should think for a moment what that means . |
| 3 | Sadly , the Board was virtually alone in this support , and to understand why , we must return for a moment to the sixties , when the test was used almost exclusively to curb the spread of erotica . |
| 4 | But perhaps I should stop for a moment and explain why Rose was angry about my nose and my hair — and why I , a Rassendyll , said I was an Elphberg . |
| 5 | ‘ Anyway , let's assume for the moment that 's what happened . |
| 6 | If so , there was nothing he could do for the moment . |
| 7 | All he could do for the moment was to stand in the doorway and look about him . |
| 8 | In the spring of 1956 both London and Washington decided that all they could do for the moment was to allow the Aswan offer to " wither on the vine " . |
| 9 | In my view the idea of his being monkish , or that he could have for a moment dreamt of entering a monastery , is not to be entertained , despite the claim of the Reverend William Levy in his Memoir . |
| 10 | Here , through the space of a breath or two , she could live for a moment in the rapturous evening when she and Lal had dressed for the Hunt Ball : the evening that had given her Andrew . |
| 11 | But no amount of tuition could account for a moment of sublime individual flair . |
| 12 | Let's pause for a moment , while I ask you to imagine the smell of newly baked bread or freshly percolated coffee . |
| 13 | Let's pause for a moment and think about this issue of arguments and the learning process . |
| 14 | He has been convicted of crime , and we shall assume for the moment that he has not behaved himself within the meaning of these words . |
| 15 | It would n't fool them for long but it would do for a moment . |
| 16 | No European king would hesitate for a moment . |
| 17 | If I may digress for a moment , I refer him in turn to the successful water system invented by the Greeks at Pergamon . |
| 18 | Therefore , if the completion of ( what we will call for the moment ) a ‘ unit of information ’ is important in sentence processing , rather than the completion of a clause , monitoring latencies for the word cat should not be significantly different in sentences ( 1a ) and ( 1b ) . |
| 19 | I will proceed for a moment . |
| 20 | If you will hold for a moment … ’ |
| 21 | But let's talk for a moment about how one actually tries to get low temperatures . |
| 22 | But I 'll let , let's imagine for the moment that it 's still that six fifty . |
| 23 | So that we can wait for the moment when she sees you well enough to be sure whether you are Liam or not . |
| 24 | ‘ Anything else I can do for the moment ? ’ |
| 25 | We can return for a moment to talk to the girl who went to Italy , and was overwhelmed by Michelangelo 's Sistine Chapel ceiling . |
| 26 | The second planning policy guidance note which erm the new settlement tracked as was the policy guidance note number twelve , and I wonder if I can grapple for a moment with the S word , sustainable . |