Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] for a 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 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 .
6 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 .
7 But no amount of tuition could account for a moment of sublime individual flair .
8 Let's pause for a moment , while I ask you to imagine the smell of newly baked bread or freshly percolated coffee .
9 Let's pause for a moment and think about this issue of arguments and the learning process .
10 It would n't fool them for long but it would do for a moment .
11 No European king would hesitate for a moment .
12 If I may digress for a moment , I refer him in turn to the successful water system invented by the Greeks at Pergamon .
13 I will proceed for a moment .
14 If you will hold for a moment … ’
15 But let's talk for a moment about how one actually tries to get low temperatures .
16 We can return for a moment to talk to the girl who went to Italy , and was overwhelmed by Michelangelo 's Sistine Chapel ceiling .
17 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 .
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