Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] [prep] a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a jolt of excitement , as if his heart has stopped for a moment , his mind leaps to the image of a pyramid-shaped mountain . |
| 2 | Lucenzo had disappeared for a moment , and she was n't too happy about the way the Frenchman was holding her hand until she realised he was harmless . |
| 3 | Her body had stiffened for a moment but she made herself relax and huddle against him . |
| 4 | A stout woman , whom Petion had spoken to a moment ago , indicated that they should sit on the scraggy cushions situated around the walls . |
| 5 | Although the Oslo Bourse has paused for a moment to digest the DnC/Bergen news the market has been hugely active and is currently one of the best performers in the world . |
| 6 | IF ONLY the woman had paused for a moment to inspect the hastily scrawled felt tip notice at the top of the stairs : ‘ I am sorry for any inconvenience caused to all our customers during the period that the down escalator has been out of service . |
| 7 | Now however Ludens had stepped for a moment inside the charmed circle , and things between them could never be the same again . |
| 8 | The children had stood for a moment , awestruck in the hall , as she had hoped they might , amazed at the broad stone staircase , the hanging lantern and the dark portraits of who ? |
| 9 | In their discussion of the photograph , Trent had forgotten for a moment that Golden Girl lay miles inland . |
| 10 | The left-wing opposition argues that Turkey has undone in a moment decades of diplomacy in which the country presented itself as a force for Middle Eastern stability . |