Example sentences of "just a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Television had brought golf to the working class and for just a moment television gave us an idea of what it meant to them . |
| 2 | ‘ Just a moment . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Just a moment . |
| 4 | If she eased up on this will for just a moment , love would fly away like a bird released from its cage . |
| 5 | Let's continue the story for just a moment in a ridiculous way . |
| 6 | She dared fantasise , for just a moment , that she had some kind of family again , perhaps with Leila as a surrogate mother , the three of them heading for the stars . |
| 7 | I looked into the little mirror for just a moment . |
| 8 | For just a moment before the Elbow , it seemed possible that Llewellyn and Party Politics might join the sad company of might-have-beens , for whom the 494 yards of the Aintree run-in have turned dreams into nightmares . |
| 9 | Just a moment , I will go and see . ’ |
| 10 | When I parted them just a moment ago , the light outside was still very pale and something of a mist was affecting my view of the baker 's shop and chemist 's opposite . |
| 11 | But I feel I should return just a moment to the matter of my father ; for it strikes me I may have given the impression earlier that I treated him rather bluntly over his declining abilities . |
| 12 | It was all just a moment 's mental aberration ! |
| 13 | He heard the door close behind him , but just as he reached the gate it was hurriedly opened again and a voice called , ‘ Just a moment ! |
| 14 | ‘ Just a moment , ’ said Thiercelin . |
| 15 | It is currently 35 degrees Fahrenheit out and the wind is blowing up the canyon at 87 mph hour which gives us a wind chill factor of — just a moment while I look at the chart — says ‘ Should not be skiing ’ which is good because we are n't . |
| 16 | ‘ Just a moment , ’ said the Leader , checking Crane as he was about to speak once more . |
| 17 | She said — just a moment . |
| 18 | Not in an egotistical way but it 's just a moment of reaffirmation … |
| 19 | She wanted to say something , he felt , and the cigarette was just a moment 's loss of nerve . |
| 20 | Markby began , ‘ Just a moment — ‘ |
| 21 | Just a moment . ’ |
| 22 | Just a moment . ’ |
| 23 | The man gulped nervously , and nodded , and said , " Clelia , oh yes , Clelia , just a moment , I 'll go and get her . " |
| 24 | That was no jackdaw 's call — although for just a moment I had taken it to be . |
| 25 | If the wind died for just a moment ; if she could just get a clear sight of the cockpit … |
| 26 | The speeder froze in mid-air for just a moment , while its computers coped with the sudden assault on the automatic systems . |
| 27 | ‘ Just a moment , ’ called out Meredith , and pointedly asked Bunny if it was all right by him . |
| 28 | ‘ Please indulge me just a moment , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Just a moment longer . |
| 30 | ‘ Just a moment , Howard . |