Example sentences of "for [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally we might accept the temporal regress caused by supposing that for each moment in time there is a moment that precedes it , or the causal regress derived from the propositions that every event has a separate cause and that every cause is an event . |
| 2 | She had been so terrifically busy lately that she had scarcely had time to go near the beach , except for odd moments snatched while she was shopping . |
| 3 | Perhaps some of them are good at putting on a face , saving the grim reality for private moments . |
| 4 | I had been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , he typed , as Harsnet had written . |
| 5 | That is why , wrote Harsnet , I have been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , that is why I have cleared the decks and prepared the ground , because unless the decks are cleared and the g round prepared there is little hope of succeeding in what one has planned to do , little hope of achieving anything of lasting value , though lasting is a relative term and so is value and whatever it is one has planned to do is certain to be altered in the process , which does not of course mean , he wrote , that one can start anywhere at any time . |
| 6 | ‘ When you are with the only woman — the only one you think there is for that moment — you must love her and know her body as you would think a great musician would orchestrate a divine theme . |
| 7 | She would be waiting for that moment . |
| 8 | The advert does not say ‘ go beyond greed ’ but it leaves you in a place where greed — at least for that moment — is obsolete . |
| 9 | For that moment we all felt that something odd and unpleasant had just happened — and was likely to happen again . |
| 10 | But for that moment you are there for them . |
| 11 | Sadly , his trail through some of the locations for classic moments of westerns past and present reaches the end of the road today . |
| 12 | Thanks to improved fragrance technology , perfumers are now able to offer us subtly differing strengths of the same scent for different moments during the day : eau de parfum ( freshest of all ) eau de toilette , parfum de toilette , esprit de parfum , parfum — or even , for some famous names , parfum extra , ideal for knocking 'em dead at several paces . |
| 13 | Tamar stood for few moments studying the turbulent river , which seemed to reflect the turmoil of her thoughts . |
| 14 | Then for another moment they looked at each other . |
| 15 | He sat quiet for another moment , and then began raging . |
| 16 | I went downstairs to the phone in my dressing-gown , pausing only for a second outside Toby 's door to listen for the typewriter , which was silent , and for another moment outside Mavis 's to leave her snuff-box . |
| 17 | Quentin had said that for a moment Kate had reminded him of Miss Trimm , and for another moment Lavinia imagined that : Kate at eighty-two , passionately involved with God . |
| 18 | He stayed at the table talking with Mahmoud for another moment or two and then went out into the street . |
| 19 | Most of them came apart like butterflies in a whirlwind and were dispersed ; some struggled for infinite moments , trying to summon up enough reserves of strength to achieve reality , before they were spent . |
| 20 | He walked to the window and stared out for some moments . |
| 21 | My father had proceeded to stand there for some moments , saying nothing , merely holding open the door . |
| 22 | M. Dupont resumed his conversation and I continued my way around the room for some moments . |
| 23 | Henry stared for some moments at the word ‘ optical ’ . |
| 24 | Half wanting to quit , half determined to persevere he was caught for some moments , indecisive and forlorn . |
| 25 | He considered Manville 's objection seriously for some moments . |
| 26 | After considering this aspect of the case for some moments the Substitute remarked : ‘ You chose your man well . |
| 27 | She was silent for some moments . |
| 28 | It climbed steeply for some moments and then hung , apparently motionless , like a miniature sun above the sepoy encampment . |
| 29 | Although it made him uneasy , he could not tell for some moments what it was . |
| 30 | She was puzzled for some moments as to the source of the smell , so little did she expect the brothers would be so dirty . |