Example sentences of "a [det] moments " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can you hang on here for a few moments ? ’ |
| 2 | A few moments later , he returned with a mug of coffee and placed it in front of me . |
| 3 | Neither of us spoke for a few moments , then she asked : ‘ Do you mind if I stay here for a little while ? ’ |
| 4 | A few moments later she came back to me . |
| 5 | On a windy day , more care is usually taken , but even then a few moments ' inattention , or the wrong drill , can result in the glider being blown over and written off . |
| 6 | After coming to a stop with the glider facing into wind , holding the tail down is the worst possible thing , and even leaving the nose unattended for a few moments is dangerous . |
| 7 | It is also undesirable because , if the glider is bounced off by bumpy ground , it will fly back into the ground heavily a few moments later . |
| 8 | If you give yourself a shake , change your seating position slightly , open the clear vision panel for some fresh air , change hands on the stick for a few moments and have a sweet or drink , you can snap out of it and start to work normally again . |
| 9 | For this reason I always emphasise that if , as you complete the final turn , you are happy that you have got the field ‘ made ’ , you should always open full airbrake for a few moments to check that you would undershoot with that setting . |
| 10 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |
| 11 | I replaced the blanket over his head and stood for a few moments looking at the bodies in their neat little rows . |
| 12 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 13 | The woman and three children were now laughing and I was pleased about that , as they had looked scared stiff when I entered their house a few moments before . |
| 14 | I lay on the ground for a few moments ; there were no further explosions . |
| 15 | He was silent for a few moments , then he raised his head , took a couple of gulps of tea and remarked very slowly , Jesus Christ , Piper , you must be bloody bomb happy ! |
| 16 | I stood on the fringe of the little group for a few moments waiting for a chance to speak to Lovat . |
| 17 | I just stood and stared for a few moments amid all the activity that was going on around the wounded Lovat . |
| 18 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 19 | Just before we packed up and got aboard the truck , I piped up and down the beach for a few moments . |
| 20 | The driver stopped the jeep outside the Saulnier farm for a few moments to say goodbye to the farmer , a very good friend to the Commandos , especially No. 6 Commando . |
| 21 | We sat in the jeep for a few moments watching the column as it disappeared along the very dusty road , and was soon out of sight , after passing Sulnier 's farm . |
| 22 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 23 | The train stopped at Spean Bridge for a few moments , the platform was almost deserted . |
| 24 | They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one . |
| 25 | After a few moments she was saying very natural and quite irritable ‘ ouches ’ when Phoebe prodded too hard . |
| 26 | ABOVE : Ben Weaver hooked this 19 lb 2 oz specimen in the nick of time — a few moments later gale force winds made fishing impossible . |
| 27 | After a few moments we realize why . |
| 28 | I 'd like to take a few moments of your time … |
| 29 | Yet their death by chainsaw took only a few moments . |
| 30 | When she is doing anything with children , she always squats down to their level , touches them and listens to them , and the response she gets in just a few moments with each is quite extraordinary . |