Example sentences of "a [det] moments " in BNC.
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| 31 | Since martial law was imposed , with army checkposts everywhere , and a heavy plainclothes police presence , protests last only a few moments . |
| 32 | The highlight is ‘ Nhan Tin ’ ( or missing persons ) , which gives individual inmates a few moments to appeal to relatives living in America , Canada or Australia . |
| 33 | Suffice it , that I had a few moments of fanciful pleasure . |
| 34 | Then a few moments later he bemoaned — at great length — how London was getting increasingly ‘ homogenized and pasteurized ’ , milking the issue for all it was worth . |
| 35 | Mark stood for a few moments at the corner of Parliament Street and Bridge Street . |
| 36 | Nigel felt they were close for a few moments before the customary iciness set in . |
| 37 | She wanted a few moments to think . |
| 38 | ‘ Of course I 've got a plan , and you 'll see what it is in a few moments , if you 're too stupid to guess before that — ’ They swung round a bend and he swore suddenly and loudly . |
| 39 | There are the rare cases , as with the bronze and brass Etruscan statuettes described above , where a few moments spent performing a surface analysis can unequivocally solve a problem , which might have remained a stylistic conundrum for ever . |
| 40 | ‘ After we had prayed together in tears and heartbreak a few moments … 1 then dipped my finger in water and , as the priest to my own babe at such a moment , touching the little forehead in the sign of our redemption , said : ' ‘ I baptise thee Mary Salome , in the name of the Lord Jesus , of the Father and of the Holy Ghost . ' ’ |
| 41 | She could n't explain now her bitter fury of a few moments ago or why she had used Marie to take revenge on Simon . |
| 42 | The CO looked thoughtful for a few moments . |
| 43 | It was a few moments before an answer occurred to him . |
| 44 | There was silence for a few moments . |
| 45 | While you savour the delicious smell of new mown grass , relax for a few moments , drink in the March sunshine and enjoy the prospect of spring — that 's what gardening is all about . |
| 46 | For a few moments she just floats there , experiencing the feeling . |
| 47 | After a few moments her voice grew louder , and she started to shout at her mother . |
| 48 | He stood for a few moments thinking , and looking apprehensively from one stallion to the other . |
| 49 | Dear Ralph It was a blessing to have met with you Wednesday night to share a few moments with a fellow Christian who like I has stumbled on the walk . |
| 50 | I returned to the tractor-path and in a few moments saw Holford House standing before me on a rise . |
| 51 | They went to Zliten and spent the night in a guestroom ; in the morning the Zliten boy asked to borrow the vehicle for a few moments , drove it away , smashed it and abandoned both the vehicle and his Zuwayi friend who had to find other means to get back to Benghazi . |
| 52 | A few moments later she was saying : ‘ Hello , Alexei , this is Anna Charsky . |
| 53 | just lie here for a few moments . |
| 54 | After a few moments she said , ‘ My God , I think he 's dead . ’ |
| 55 | This thought , too , caused him a few moments of depression before it was drowned by feelings of tranquil pleasure . |
| 56 | A couple of boy-soldiers spend a few moments admiring Anastasia . |
| 57 | In the space of a few moments one crossed a cultural divide now generations deep . |
| 58 | Within a few moments I had been directed to the Gasthof zur Alte Post and installed myself in a tiny room which was to cost about £12 for the night , including breakfast . |
| 59 | In a few moments I was installed in a comfortable room about as near to the centre of Buda as it is possible to be . |
| 60 | Let us think for a few moments of the wonderful achievements of the human race — the towns that have been built , the works of art that have been produced — the books , plays , films , pictures , music … the progress that has been made in science and technology . |