Example sentences of "few moment [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for a few moments everything else was forgotten . |
| 2 | Thus , for a few moments they reverted to passive projection , in role merely as spectators of teacher 's performance . |
| 3 | The strange , rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by . |
| 4 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 5 | In a few moments they heard a car start up and drive away . |
| 6 | In a few moments they were alone . |
| 7 | For a few moments they moved in silence , then he said , ‘ Just as a matter of interest , why did you come to this party ? ’ |
| 8 | In the few moments they stood looking at each other , both were acutely aware they were cut off from the rest of the world . |
| 9 | The road to Rimini by-passed the town and in a few moments they were out in the wilds again , labouring up a steep , tortuous medieval track on which modern civilization had done no more than slap a layer of asphalt and a road number . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said briefly , and for a few moments they studied each other . |
| 11 | After a few moments which allowed her to gather her thoughts , she replied in a quiet , even voice : |
| 12 | Retirement is one of the few moments which a politician can choose with deliberation and Baldwin had been preparing for it for months , if not for years . |
| 13 | After a few moments we realize why . |
| 14 | But within a few moments we were sipping extra-dry martinis from paper cups , then eating cold chicken and tinned ham , with beer chilled by the sea . |
| 15 | In a few moments we 'll be joined by Dan Topolski , a man who did more for Oxford rowing than anyone else . |
| 16 | After a few moments her voice grew louder , and she started to shout at her mother . |
| 17 | For a few moments her still-sleepy eyes refused to focus on the dramatic black handwriting . |
| 18 | In the space of a few moments one crossed a cultural divide now generations deep . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | For a few moments I was intensely conscious of the tree and saw nothing else . |
| 22 | For in those few moments I had seen another world of eternity and the meeting was relegated to the category of the fleeting . |
| 23 | Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area . |
| 24 | For a few moments I was utterly terrified . |
| 25 | I did n't quite close the door , and after a few moments I could hear her footsteps walking briskly past . |
| 26 | For a few moments I had let my mind plunge into darkness , into a world where the experience of all my life was disproved and ghosts existed . |
| 27 | For a few moments I felt disappointment . |
| 28 | Within a few moments I was on a floater , crossing the fairly well-lit spaceport , still with no one in sight anywhere around me . |
| 29 | He disappeared into the stable and after a few moments I peeped inside . |
| 30 | For a few moments I was silent , feeling her sorrow , so discordant among the bright seasonal colours of this festive room . |